Bryan Magee
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Recommended by Bryan Magee
“In this infectiously exciting book, Bryan Magee tells the story of his own discovery of philosophy and not only makes it come alive but shows its relevance to daily life. Magee is the Carl Sagan of philosophy, the great popularizer of the subject, and author of a major new introductory history, The Story of Philosophy. Confessions follows the course of Magee's life, exploring philosophers and ideas as he himself encountered them, introducing all the great figures and their ideas, from the pre-Socratics to Bertrand Russell and Karl Popper, including Wittgenstein, Kant, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer, rationalism, utilitarianism, empiricism, and existentialism.” (from Amazon)
by Bryan Magee·You?
by Bryan Magee·You?
Magee is very good at untangling difficult concepts and giving you just enough on each philosopher so that you feel you know in essence what they were about. His enthusiasm is utterly infectious so that you want to read, or re-read, some of the philosophical works he discusses. He writes with great fluency and clarity, and makes you fell as if philosophy is something to do with your reality.