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(More customer reviews)If one is expecting a technically precise book which meets the needs of professionals or even undergraduates having to write that last minute term paper, then disappointment is at hand. If, however, you want a comfortable introduction to historically changing views of human nature as presented by Plato, Aristotle, The Buddha, Augustine, Descartes, Freud, and Sartre, this is a very worthwhile text.
Palmer does a nice job of presenting standard arguments for each of the thinkers discussed, frequently highlighting differences and always providing something of a cultural context.
This is a good book for someone who knows only a little about the subject or who knows perhaps a bit more than just a little but wants a quick enjoyable read as a review.
If you already know the 4 noble truths of the Buddha, the difference between Anselm and Descartes' versions of the Ontological Argument, Hume's attack on the foundations of knowledge, Kant's use of the apriori, and the implications of Sartre's Radical Freedom, then don't buy this book sight unseen.
For anyone else with a passing interest in philosophy, it's worth the money.
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This is a somewhat unconventional introduction to philosophy, with over 400 cartoons by the author designed to make teaching and learning more fun. Organized by individual theory, this lighthearted book can be used as a core text, or might supplement separate paperbacks or an anthology.
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