Should You Judge This Book By Its Cover?
A philosopher takes a second look at sayings, proverbs, and bits of homespun wisdom: Every society needs its guardian of good sense: Baggini is ours. -The Financial Times These short, stimulating, and entertaining capsules of philosophy delve into the familiar words that live in our consciousness yet are rarely examined. Should you really do as the Romans do when in Rome and practice what you preach? Is the grass always in fact greener on the other side of the fence, and is there ever smoke without fire? Is beauty always in the eye of the beholder and is it actually better to be safe than sorry? From the popular author of The Pig That Wan…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-84708-156-8
- EAN: 9781847081568
- Produktnummer: 33768694
- Verlag: Granta Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 252 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 347 KB
Über den Autor
Julian Baggini is the founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think You Think? (with Jeremy Stangroom), What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life, the best-selling The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten, The Ego Trick and The Virtues of the Table, all published by Granta Books. He has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, as well as for the think tanks The Institute of Public Policy Research, Demos and Counterpoint. He has also appeared as a character in two Alexander McCall-Smith novels. His latest book, Freedom Regained, was published by Granta Books in 2015.His website is: www.microphilosophy.net
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