Confessions Of A Philosopher by Bryan Magee (English) Paperback Book

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An introduction to philosophy told through experiences of everyday life.

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In this inspirational book Bryan Magee tells the story of his discovery of philosophy, and in doing so introduces the subject to his reader. Experiences of everyday life provide discussion of philosophers and explain why certain philosophical questions persistently exercise our minds.With great fluency Magee untangles philosophy, making it seem part of everyone's life. Intensely personal and brimming with infectious enthusiasm, this is a wonderful introduction to philosophy by one of the most elegant and accessible writers on the subject.

Author Biography

Bryan Edgar Magee is a noted British philosopher, broadcaster, politician, poet and author.

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Bryan Magee is one of the best-known writers on philosophy Magee's Fontana Modern Master on Karl Popper has sold nearly 200,000 copies Hardback edition was reprinted twice 'For his insistence that philosophy is something not to play with but to live by, Magee is to be thanked' Russell Davies, Spectator 'If you want a personal introduction to life's imponderables, this is the one' Antonia Fraser, Financial Times 'The most enthralling book I read this year' Jason Cowley, The Times

Kirkus US Review

A British popularizer of philosophy, Magee (coauthor, On Blindness, 1995, etc.), writes an overblown account of his lifelong interest in philosophical ideas. The book's title and subtitle capture its two interrelated aims: to confess the existential traumas that led the author to philosophy and to summarize the key ideas of Western metaphysics and epistemology. Magee, a former academic, wants to show that philosophy comes in answer to acutely felt problems about the nature of reality and human knowing. Magee's own angst over death, meaninglessness, and the limits of human knowledge would be more convincing if he showed less satisfaction in his previously published writings and more restraint in condemning strictly academic (especially British analytic) philosophy. The confessions include tantalizing hints of "exhilarating love affairs"; but, despite his insistence on the philosophic importance of sex, Magee provides no details about his affectional life. Was philosophy irrelevant to this side of his life, or does he forget that, for the ancient Greek philosopher Empedocles, love was itself a metaphysical principle? But Empedocles apparently doesn't belong to the mere "half a dozen" philosophers in each century "whose work is of widespread and lasting interest." To this elite group, Kant, Schopenhauer, Bertrand Russell, and Karl Popper do clearly belong, in the author's judgment: Kant, for articulating so persuasively how much conceptions influence perceptions; Schopenhauer for his philosophy of art; Russell for his logic; Popper for his science. Magee is best at presenting the ideas of these, his favorites, but he could have done so in a much shorter book and without the melodramatic portrayals of his own intellectual suffering. (Kirkus Reviews)

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In this inspirational book Bryan Magee tells the story of his discovery of philosophy, and in doing so introduces the subject to his reader. Experiences of everyday life provide discussion of philosophers and explain why certain philosophical questions persistently exercise our minds.With great fluency Magee untangles philosophy, making it seem part of everyone's life. Intensely personal and brimming with infectious enthusiasm, this is a wonderful introduction to philosophy by one of the most elegant and accessible writers on the subject.

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An extremely readable introduction to philosophy told through experiences of everyday life by one of our best popularisers of philosophy.

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Bryan Magee is one of the best-known writers on philosophy

Details ISBN0753804719 Author Bryan Magee Publisher Orion Publishing Co Year 1998 ISBN-10 0753804719 ISBN-13 9780753804711 Format Paperback Publication Date 1998-09-07 Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 100 Illustrations Illustrations Pages 624 Imprint Weidenfeld & Nicolson Language English Edition 2nd Media Book UK Release Date 1998-09-07 Audience General NZ Release Date 1998-11-30 AU Release Date 1998-11-30 We've got this

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