Squashed Philosophers- Condensed Plato Aristotle Augustine Descartes Hume Marx Freud Copernicus Hobbes Sartre Ayer Sade Wittgenstein Einstein

here is no taking-part in the 'Great Debate' of Western civilisation, the debate about who we are, how we should be governed, how we think and how we ought to behave, without some familiarity with the, remarkably few, thinkers in whose language and idiom the talk is conducted. ... more

Reviewed by megi Aug 23 2005, 07:13am ( 792 reviews ) • btinternet.com

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Rated by tomatino1 on Oct 29, 9:05am

enlighten I am :)
Rated by AdventureSeeker7 on Oct 24, 6:23pm

Helpful starting point for anyone who would like to explore the thinkers that shaped western thought
Rated by mistermanne on Oct 05, 8:38am

a lot helpful to today's lot.
Rated by TheFeldster on Oct 05, 1:39am

Some enlightening stuff.
Rated by msshamraz on Oct 01, 12:04pm

good
Rated by myturtledove on Sep 26, 9:51am

good read
Rated by dralexotomo on Sep 24, 9:07pm

Minus the few quacks, whose theories and philosophies I thoroughly disagree with, these are some fantastic reads. I can't help but find it depressing that there hasn't seem to have been a notable philosopher since the sixties.
Reviewed by esoware on Sep 16, 11:49am

Extremely relevant. I think therefore I am!
Rated by petachow on Sep 14, 12:02pm

A great way to get an overview of these great thinkers, and to read a condensed view of some works I've somehow never got around to reading...
Rated by Felonious-D on Aug 27, 9:32pm

cool

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