Author: Lukas N. P. EggerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781717825827
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Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
All the wisdom, none of the work... Ridiculously entertaining, outrageously funny, and powerfully informative, Fast Philosophy is like speed-dating humanity's smartest people. Its 100 hilarious, short mental workouts take the greatest ideas of the past and apply them to the biggest challenges of today. Using simple language, humour, and more than fifty beautiful illustrations, it will make you think, laugh, and question everything. A comprehensive and irreverent introduction to a fascinating subject, Fast Philosophy offers original answers to the biggest questions of existence: Why are we here? (and why isn't there more cake?) What does it mean to be good? (and how can we get away with not being it?) What is beauty? (and how can I convince it to take its clothes off?). You'll learn whether Socrates would have been a good agony aunt, why Heidegger said we should spend more time in cemeteries, how a stoic would pick up someone at a party, whether Facebook friends are real friends, and what Marvel superhero Nietzsche would have been. Let philosopher Lukas N.P. Egger and three-time Spiegel best-selling author Adam Fletcher teach you everything you ever wanted to know about the good life. Who knew enlightenment could be this entertaining? Absolutely genuine, advanced praise for Fast Philosophy: "Unquestionably brilliant!" - Socrates "If you want to think, therefore, you should buy this book." - R. Descartes "It's strange how simple things become, once you see them clearly read Fast Philosophy." - Ayn Randy. "Not bad, I guess, if you like that kind of thing." - Woman Eating a Wasabi Nut for the First Time.