Author: COMTE-SPONVILLE, ANDRÉ
Title: The little book of philosophy / André Comte-Sponville ; translated from the French by Frank Wynne
Description: London: William Heinemann 2004. 1st Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xvii. 158 pages. ; 20 cm. Notes: Originally published in French as 'Presentations de la philosophie' Paris : Editions Albin Michel. 2000. Includes bibliographical references (p. [146]-158). Translated from the French. Summary: In twelve brilliant. concise essays. Andre Comte-Sponville introduces twelve central philosophical concepts in the terms that we all use the words. and in which philosophers from Plato and Aristotle onwards have explored them:Morality. Politics. Love. Death. Knowledge. Liberty. God. Atheism. Art. Time. Man and WisdomPreludes to Philosophy is as sparklingly written and as thought-provoking and brilliant as the same author's international bestseller. A Short Treatise on the Great Virtues. Subjects: Philosophy. Genre: Philosophy. ISBN: 0434011185. Weight in Kg appr.:

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