Big Ideas for Curious Minds: An Introduction to Philosophy

Fantastic, it really is a book of Big Ideas for Curious Minds

It is a book to give to fourth to seventh graders. It is basically logic and ethics, to teens and above who want to buy this book it would be a huge disappointment.

Apesar do livro ser direcionado ao público infanto-juvenil, é uma leitura que tem tudo para agradar ao leitor de qualquer idade. O livro traz, de forma resumida, um apanhado da base filosófica de diversos pensadores. O livro é em inglês. Entretanto, justamente por ser voltado para o público infanto-juvenil, é escrito em um inglês simples e muito bem escrito. Conclusão, é uma oportunidade de visitar os pensamentos de expoentes da filosofia e ainda praticar a leitura em inglês. Leitura muito agradável.

I like that it asks you provocative questions about yourself. You can find some useful ideas even as an adult. And it is NOT boring! I wish I had it when we studied philosophy in my 1st year...

The book is divided into chapters titled such as, "Idea #1: know yourself". The author takes this philosopher's idea and relates it to real life experiences that are easy to identify with and understand (3 pages). It is then followed by a short introduction to the philosopher in terms of how the idea emerged (2 pages). The philosopher's story is always in full colour. I do like the book because we are able to talk about these ideas and it's brief enough to squeeze a great conversation into a short moment. I do wish though that there was greater depth of the ideas and a proper overview of the philosopher's life and ideas....but as the title does say - an INTRODUCTION to Philosophy...and therefore it is short and fascinating!

Wonderful book for pre-teens / teens and adults alike :) Ordered more than 10 books from The School of Life and all of them are amazing!

Libo stupendo, anche la grafica è molto interessante