Philosophy for Beginners

Why does philosophy give some people a headache, others a real buzz, and yet others a feeling that it is subversive and dangerous? Why do a lot of people think philosophy is totally irrelevant? What is philosophy anyway? The ABCs of philosophy --easy to understand but never simplistic. Beginning with basic questions posed by the ancient Greeks - What is knowledge? What is good and evil?"Philosophy For Beginners" traces the answers given by western philosophy over the last 2,500 years.

Richard Osborne ist einer der bekanntesten Schriftsteller und Journalisten auf dem Gebiet der klassischen Musik. Er verfasste bereits zahlreiche Bücher (u. a. über Rossini) und gestaltete Sendungen für die BBC.