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Mel Thompson

Teoksen Teach Yourself Philosophy tekijä

48+ teosta 730 jäsentä 9 arvostelua

Tietoja tekijästä

Mel Thompson is a freelance writer and editor, specializing in Philosophy, Religion and Ethics

Sisältää nimet: Mel Thompson, Mel R. Thompson

Tekijän teokset

Teach Yourself Philosophy (1995) 132 kappaletta
Teach Yourself Ethics (1994) 108 kappaletta
Teach Yourself Philosophy of Mind (2001) 37 kappaletta
Buddhism (World Religions) (2003) 18 kappaletta
Me (2009) 13 kappaletta
Buddhism: A New Approach (1996) 9 kappaletta
Philosophy Made Simple: Flash (2011) 4 kappaletta
The Philosopher's Beach Book (2012) 4 kappaletta
Přehled etiky (2004) 3 kappaletta
Philosophy: An Introduction Pb (1995) 2 kappaletta
Essential political philosophy (2011) 2 kappaletta
Ethics made easy (2011) 2 kappaletta
S'Initier a la Philosophie (2009) 2 kappaletta
S'initier à la philosophie (2023) 1 kappale
The Fruit is Ripe (1970) 1 kappale

Associated Works

The Religions Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained (2013) — Avustaja — 465 kappaletta

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Yleistieto

Virallinen nimi
Thompson, Melvyn Rodney
Muut nimet
Thompson, M. R.
Syntymäaika
1946
Sukupuoli
male
Ammatit
writer
teacher

Jäseniä

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A very good, basic introduction to the subject of philosophy, which helps you to understand the key concepts, thinkers and questions within each area.

Doesn’t go too deep due to concise nature of the book, but provides just enough information to pique interest and to lead you into further study.
 
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IanGrantham | Mar 23, 2023 |
 
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laplantelibrary | Dec 13, 2021 |
This is another one of my random library finds. I had no intention on borrowing a book on philosophy but when I picked this up I realised that I had no idea was existentialism actually is. I have read one book in the 'Teach Yourself' range before and I found that easy to read so I decided to give this subject a go.

The book is laid out in about 10 chapters which cover an introduction to the topic, the key ideas behind it and finally ending with the key players involved in existentialism. There are loads of references to the literature and art involved in the movement along with plenty of quotes. There is a little repetition along the way but it feels like its important rather than needless.

I really enjoyed reading this book despite the rather heavy subject matter, its pretty easy to read. Occasionally with difficult subjects I feel as though I am being left behind a bit but I never really experienced that emotion reading this book. I can't claim that I understood and absorbed everything but I do feel as though I have a much better grasp of existentialism than I had before. Another thing which I really liked is that no previous knowledge of philosophy is assumed and famous quotes are broken down and explored.

I now look forward to reading some Satre and Camus for the first time as I know more about the subjects covered in their books. I also feel that I now have an even better appreciation of Crime & Punishment by Dostoyevsky.

If you are someone who would like a better understand of existentialism then I heartily recommend this book.
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Brian. | Jul 24, 2021 |
This book introduces ethical ideas and standards from different thinkers through the ages. It doesn't exactly tell you what to think but it does ask pointed questions to get you thinking about the issues. Since it condenses the thinking of multiple thinkers, it isn't that long so it also doesn't really get too deep. This book makes a good starting point to learn ethics and about different philosophers like Nietzsche and Hobbes.
 
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Floyd3345 | 1 muu arvostelu | Jun 15, 2019 |

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