Deep Thought

42 Fantastic Quotes That Define Philosophy

Gary Cox (University of Birmingham, UK)

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Bloomsbury Publishing
22 October 2015

Philosophy; Popular philosophy

As Douglas Adams points out, if there is no final answer to question, 'What is the meaning of life?', '42' is as good or bad an answer as any other. Indeed, 42 quotes might be even better!

Gary Cox guides us through 42 of the most misunderstood, misquoted, provocative and significant quotes in the history of philosophy providing a witty and compelling commentary along the way. This entertaining and illuminating collection of quotes doesn't merely list who said what and when.

Gary Cox claims that each quote is a philosophical thesis in itself. By exploring who a particular philosopher is and what he or she really meant when they said what they said, this book looks for the philosophy within the quote.

Using the writings of everyone from Douglas Adams to A.J. Ayer and Thomas Aquinas to Karl Marx, Gary Cox takes us on a philosophical journey through history, culture and writing to bring us to a deeper understanding of why we think the way we do.

By: Gary Cox (University of Birmingham UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 335g
ISBN: 9781472567260
ISBN 10: 1472567269
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 22 October 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Philosophers Quoted (A-Z) 1 Douglas Adams 2 Anselm 3 Thomas Aquinas 4 Aristotle 5 A. J. Ayer 6 George Berkeley 7 Albert Camus 8 Simone de Beauvoir 9 Rene Descartes 10 George Hegel 11 Martin Heidegger 12 Heraclitus 13 Thomas Hobbes 14 David Hume 15 David Hume 16 Immanuel Kant 17 Immanuel Kant 18 John Keats 19 Soren Kierkegaard 20 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 21 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 22 John Locke 23 Karl Marx 24 John Stuart Mill 25 Friedrich Nietzsche 26 Friedrich Nietzsche 27 William of Ockham 28 William Paley 29 Parmenides 30 Blaise Pascal 31 Plato 32 Plato 33 Protagoras 34 Bertrand Russell 35 Gilbert Ryle 36 Jean-Paul Sartre 37 Jean-Paul Sartre 38 Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire 39 Mary Warnock 40 Alfred North Whitehead 41 Ludwig Wittgenstein 42 Ludwig Wittgenstein 42 Fantastic Philosophy Quotes Explained Bibliography Index

Gary Cox has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham, UK, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow. He is the author of many books including The Sartre Dictionary (2008), How To Be A Philosopher (Bloomsbury, 2010), and Existentialism and Excess: The Life and Times of Jean-Paul Sartre (2015)

Reviews for Deep Thought: 42 Fantastic Quotes That Define Philosophy

This entertaining and intelligent book of quotations is an excellent introduction to a vast and complex history of thought in the Western world that will leave you wiser for having read it. -- Charlie Pullen * The Bookbag *