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Philosophy in Seven Sentences: A Small Introduction to a Vast Topic
Contributor(s): Groothuis, Douglas (Author)
ISBN: 0830840931     ISBN-13: 9780830840939
Publisher: IVP Academic
OUR PRICE:   $16.20  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: January 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical
- Philosophy | Religious
- Religion | Philosophy
Dewey: 100
LCCN: 2015036054
Series: Introductions in Seven Sentences
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 160 pages
 
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Philosophy is not a closed club or a secret society. It's for anyone who thinks big questions are worth talking about. To get us started, Douglas Groothuis unpacks seven pivotal sentences from the history of western philosophy--a few famous, all short, none trivial. Included are:

  • The unexamined life is not worth living.--Socrates
  • You have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.--Augustine
  • I think, therefore I am.--Decartes
  • The heart has reasons, that reason knows nothing of.--Pascal

Sentences from Protagoras, Aristotle and Kierkegaard round out this quick tour. Since every philosopher has a story, not just a series of ideas, Groothuis also offers a bit of each one's life to set the stage. The seven sterling sentences themselves, while they can't tell us all there is to know, offer bridges into other lands of thought which can spark new ideas and adventures. And who knows where they might lead?

Contributor Bio(s): Groothuis, Douglas: - Douglas R. Groothuis (PhD, Philosophy, University of Oregon) is professor of philosophy at Denver Seminary in Denver, Colorado. He has also been a visiting professor or adjunct faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary (Colorado Springs extension), Metropolitan State College of Denver, Westminster Theological Seminary (California campus), University of Oregon, New College Berkeley and Seattle Pacific University. His articles have been published in professional journals such asReligious Studies, Sophia, Theory and Research in Education, Philosophia Christi, Themelios, Think: A Journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, Christian Scholar's Review, Inquiry and Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. He has written several books, including Truth Decay, In Defense of Natural Theology (coeditor), Unmasking the New Age, Jesus in an Age of Controversy, Deceived by the Light, The Soul in Cyberspace, and, in the Wadsworth Philosophers Series, On Pascal and On Jesus