Philosophy: 50 ideas in 500 words /anglais

by Jeremy Stangroom

From Ethics to Metaphysics and Relativism to Postmodernism, fifty key concepts across two thousand years of philosophical thought are each explained in around 500 words. Including classical thinkers and cutting-edge theorists, the achievements of the world's greatest minds, such as Aristotle, Nietzsche, Marx and Marcuse, are vividly brought to life.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2018

About the author

Jeremy Stangroom is a British writer, editor, and website designer. He is an editor and co-founder, with Julian Baggini, of The Philosophers’ Magazine, and has written and edited several philosophy books. He is also co-founder, with Ophelia Benson of the website 'Butterflies and Wheels'.

Reviews

[Maxwell Blackmore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting book, easy to consume and gives options to see what philosophers you could be interested in.

[Riccardo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jeremy Stangroom is a British writer, editor The Philosophers’ Magazine. He has written and edited several philosophy books. This is an easy reading introduction to philosophy. As the title suggests, a 500 word summary of 50 philosophers. Obviously not in depth and not to be compared with Bertrand Russell. For the more philosophically minded it is a quick refresher course with the chance to pick up a few new ideas. Nice bed time reading.

[Mine Güngörmüşler · Rating 4 out of 5]

An easy to follow book with significant characters. Might be useful as a starting point for those who want to do further reading in philosophy and psychology.

[Hurrara · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good introductory book to the major philosophers.

[Kristaps · Rating 2 out of 5]

A coffee table book. Hard to understand choice of why these particular ideas and thinkers have been chosen in each section. Also I felt that the ideas could be explained way better especially for the format of the book. Wouldn't base my studies on this, mainly entertainment value.