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Kierkegaard wasn't really a philosopher in the academic sense. Yet he produced what many people expect of philosophy.

Strathern briskly outlines the development of Marx's thought as a philosopher and political economist; and as with all titles in this series, illuminates the man behind the ideas.

During his lifetime, Jean-Paul Sartre enjoyed unprecedented popularity for a philosopher, due partly to his role as a spokesman for existentialism--at the opportune moment when this set of ideas fi

In Socrates in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Socrates's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the w

"If we accept Wittgenstein's word for it," Paul Strathern writes, "he is the last philosopher.

In Thomas Aquinas in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Aquinas's life and ideas and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in

A concise, expert account of Virginia Woolf's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.

Presents a concise account of Dostoevsky's life and ideas and of his influence on the world.