The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

really good book, details everything simply and very intresting! Illustrations are nice and the layout is easy to follow

The book is written as an introduction to the work of many philosophers, not just western ones, and gives a simple explanation of their way of thinking as well as mentioning some of their main points of view in philosophy. It makes excellent use of well presented flow diagrams and text and gives a time line for you to place these philosophers in. Although it is clearly not as in depth as the original works of many of these thinkers (who's quotes are interspersed in the text) it is clearly just an introduction to the subject, and a colourful and concise one at that!!! Excellent book.

This was bought as a Christmas present for my grandson and he is very happy with it

This series of Big Ideas books by DK is very good. So far I have purchased a number of them and found them all highly informative and easy to read. This volume on philosophy is particularly good, covering all the main philosophers and many of their ideas in a clear, simple language that is not too difficult for any one to understand, and the illustrations and pictures only add to the overall quality of the text. I have learned a lot from this book and would thoroughly recommend it to others. I hope you find my review helpful.

A fascinating book to read through or delve into randomly. The chronological layout makes sense for readers new to the subject. The book presents the subject in a manner which has sufficient detail without making it heavy going and boggling the mind. Plenty of clear and illuminating diagrams augment the text. The lightly glossed paper has a quality feel and with the sturdy hardcover the book is good to hold and read. I buy most of my books on Kindle these days, but this is one of those which is definitely better to have in the hard copy.

A great book with lots of easy to digest info. If you'd like to have a easy introduction to philosophy this is your book, or equally if you are a philosophy fan then its just a great book to have. Love this range, arrived really quickly too. Would buy again and recommend.

Having studied philosophy during high achool, this has been a great and rather exhaustive way of refreshing the subject and discover thinkers usually left aside. Easy to follow and connections among and between schools / thinkers are all made pretty clear.

I've really enjoyed reading this, it's resized a lot of questions that I can't wait to find out the answers to. I think the book in particular is good broadening your knowledge on the types of philosophy out there and providing a basic explanation of theories from the origins to contemporary philosophy but with enough information in order find out more elsewhere

The Philosophy Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained I got this for a 3rd year Philosophy student. I don't think it has anything she hasn't studied already but it's a great quick reference companion. I has lots of charts and pictures, and I love charts. The new gen doesn't seem to have a non digital book culture like I did back in the day. Still I'm sure she'll put this one to good use. The quality of the book construction is also very good.

très bien fait, simple à lire et à comprendre, surtout pour des personnes comme moi toujours pris par le temps (boulot et enfant) - et avec le confinement en ce moment je prend le temps de bien le lire, y compris la notice de ma TV.

Este libro es un buen compendio en inglés de la historia de la filosofía. Es sintético, claro y viene muy bien para tener una idea genérica de los principales pensadores occidentales y orientales también. No se necesita tener un nivel muy alto de inglés para entenderlo y tampoco de filosofía. Ideal para docentes y alumnos no universitarios y para toda aquella persona que esté interesada en tener un primer contacto con nuestra historia del pensamiento.

Very nice. For beginners

Book is great, looks appealing yet has a school / manual kind of feel. The book was to be a present but came bent. What is more, it squished the small box it was packed with so I had to restick seals and reinsert contents - that was a completely different order and meant for a different child. Box and book were not packed with foresight, either by seller or repacking facility. They both ended up smashed around corners and in an embarrassing state