Why did Socrates reject everyone's pleadings, refuse to escape from prison, and dare to die?
Why is "Utopia" a great "book of failure"?
How did Kant achieve the goal of not only demarcating human reason, but also leaving space for God and faith?
Why does Hegel, who can be said to be unparalleled in the world when it comes to abstraction and obscurity, criticizes us ordinary people for often falling into "abstract thinking"?
How to understand and learn Western philosophy? How to truly step into the realm of philosophical thinking from ignorant curiosity? Famous scholar Zhou Lian brings together many years of experience in teaching and researching philosophy, introduces profound ideas in popular language, enters into abstract theories with the help of interesting daily examples, establishes connections between vivid life examples and abstract concepts, and leads us step by step. Next, explore the historical background and beauty of each philosophical landscape, analyze the key points and subtleties of various philosophical theories, and tell what Plato's "Utopia", Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason", and Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations" actually say.
This is what this book presents to you - 100 wonderful philosophical popularization articles that are interesting, informative, not cold and frivolous, a history of Western philosophy with attitude, nutrition, understandable and useful, and an introductory book on philosophy that will make you more energetic the more you read.
Reader comments
Philosophy is written in Greek, in a sense, and it must be said that Greece is the destiny of philosophical research. We might say metaphorically: philosophy is written in Greek. You may have heard of the term "Axial Age". This is a proposition proposed by German philosopher Jaspers. He believed that the period between 800 BC and 200 BC was the "Axial Age" of human civilization, because during these 600 years, various civilizations emerged. There are great spiritual teachers - Socrates and Plato in ancient Greece, Jewish prophets in Israel, Sakyamuni in India, Confucius and Laozi in China... The ideological principles they proposed have shaped different cultural traditions and have always profoundly affected human life.
Philosophy, a profound knowledge, has always been praised by us, but there is a kind of avoidance because it is too complex and complex. I did feel this way when I read this book. After all, it is still Western philosophy, but I soon found that I gradually adapted to the way of transmitting knowledge in this lecture class model, and slowly became happy with it. I even felt that reading this book was a very enjoyable thing. I highly recommend everyone to read this book.
We have seen the significance of learning philosophy in high school politics textbooks, that is, philosophy is a kind of knowledge that teaches world view, cognitive outlook and methodology. Studying Western philosophy also has another role, that is, it helps us understand the spiritual concepts that have shaped the way Westerners think, and then understand the cultural background behind the evolution of Western history. In this philosophy course, we learn about the life experiences and philosophical thoughts of famous philosophers from ancient Greece to today, which is of great value to our understanding of Western society and Western history.
Recommend! Philosophy has a high threshold for most people, with profound theories and complex concepts, but the author uses simple and vivid language to lead readers into the world of philosophy. 100 Lectures, 100 interesting popular science articles, connecting the history of Western philosophy. After reading this book, I had a basic understanding of Western philosophy. This book opened the door to Western philosophy for me. I decided to use this book as a reference to find more professional books to read with chapters that interested me.
Good looking and worth savoring carefully
This introduction to philosophy is so well written!
It's really good. I've read Liu Qing's lecture notes on Western Modern Thought, and I feel that the style is different from this one. The style is very high, and it goes from easy to deep, so that novices like us can understand it roughly.
Philosophy is written in Greek, in a sense, and it must be said that Greece is the destiny of philosophical research. We might say metaphorically: philosophy is written in Greek. You may have heard of the term "Axial Age". This is a proposition proposed by German philosopher Jaspers. He believed that the period between 800 BC and 200 BC was the "Axial Age" of human civilization, because during these 600 years, various civilizations emerged. There are great spiritual teachers - Socrates and Plato in ancient Greece, Jewish prophets in Israel, Sakyamuni in India, Confucius and Laozi in China... The ideological principles they proposed have shaped different cultural traditions and have always profoundly affected human life.
Philosophy, a profound knowledge, has always been praised by us, but there is a kind of avoidance because it is too complex and complex. I did feel this way when I read this book. After all, it is still Western philosophy, but I soon found that I gradually adapted to the way of transmitting knowledge in this lecture class model, and slowly became happy with it. I even felt that reading this book was a very enjoyable thing. I highly recommend everyone to read this book.
We have seen the significance of learning philosophy in high school politics textbooks, that is, philosophy is a kind of knowledge that teaches world view, cognitive outlook and methodology. Studying Western philosophy also has another role, that is, it helps us understand the spiritual concepts that have shaped the way Westerners think, and then understand the cultural background behind the evolution of Western history. In this philosophy course, we learn about the life experiences and philosophical thoughts of famous philosophers from ancient Greece to today, which is of great value to our understanding of Western society and Western history.
Recommend! Philosophy has a high threshold for most people, with profound theories and complex concepts, but the author uses simple and vivid language to lead readers into the world of philosophy. 100 Lectures, 100 interesting popular science articles, connecting the history of Western philosophy. After reading this book, I had a basic understanding of Western philosophy. This book opened the door to Western philosophy for me. I decided to use this book as a reference to find more professional books to read with chapters that interested me.
Good looking and worth savoring carefully
This introduction to philosophy is so well written!
It's really good. I've read Liu Qing's lecture notes on Western Modern Thought, and I feel that the style is different from this one. The style is very high, and it goes from easy to deep, so that novices like us can understand it roughly.