TY  - BOOK
AU  - Groothuis,Douglas R.
TI  - Philosophy in seven sentences: a small introduction to a vast topic 
SN  - 9780830840939
AV  - BD21.P455 2016 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Downers Grove, Illinois
PB  - IVP Academic, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Introductions
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Philosophy in only seven sentences?; Protagoras, man is the measure of all things; Socrates, the unexamined life is not worth living; Aristotle, all men by nature desires to know; Augustine, you have made us for yourself, and restless is our heart until it comes to rest in you; Descartes, I think, therefore I am; Pascal, the heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing; Kierkegaard, the greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all; What about these seven sentences? or, a final provocation; 2
N2  - 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
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