This book presents the ideas of the world's great philosophers. It is a perfect introduction for the uninitiated reader to the study of philosophy, and it can serve as a supplement for any humanities course. It is an excellent text for introducing high school students to philosophy, a perfect research tool into the ideas of the world's great philosophers, and it is more effective than "Cliff Notes" for college students. The book is divided into four sections: How to think in an objective manner, Moral philosophy, Political philosophy, and Economic philosophy. Within each of the last three sections, the ideas of several thinkers are presented with thematic, as well as chronological emphasis. Underlying premises are compared and conclusions are analyzed. Readers are encouraged to develop their own moral, political and economic philosophy, and are stimulated to recognize and resolve contradictions in their own thinking.
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"... it is uniquely written in a simple but not simplistic way. This text is written by a high school teacher who knows what students at that level can and cannot understand - a real virtue. Find another introductory text that runs from Plato, Aquinas, and Hegel to Burke, Veblen and Keynes!"
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"Falcone is one of the clearest, most lucid writers I have ever read."
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"Mr. Falcone has written from the perspective of a master teacher who understands how to intrigue students."
(Dr. Richard C. Harper, Former Curriculum Coordinator, Stamford, CT, Public Schools)
"The author's experience is evident in his realistic and challenging approach to difficult concepts. Students will find this text a fascinating diversion from the usual offerings." -- Publisher Comments --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Vincent J. Falcone is a teacher, lecturer, and educational consultant. He has taught on the high school, under-graduate, and graduate level for more than thirty years and is presently involved in two writing projects dealing with ethics and problems in education.
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Greatest course and greatest teacher I ever had!,
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This review is from: Great Thinkers, Great Ideas: An Introduction to Western Thought (Paperback)
This book is essentially a formalization of the notes from a course that Mr. Falcone gave for many years as a high-level senior elective at my high school. Although it is not the same without the outwardly sarcastic (but actually friendly and constructive) commentary, pointed questions, and general banter with which he accompanied the presentation of these ideas in person to often-too-smug but nevertheless impressionable 17-to-18-year-olds, it is still great. As the previous reviewer said, open it up to a random page and you'll learn something interesting. This puts it in a league with the annual Baseball Prospectus volume, which is high praise indeed from me, and Mr. Falcone manages to do so with a subject on a considerably higher intellectual plane. :-> Seriously, I am now a professor, and not of philosophy, and over 30 years removed from Mr. Falcone's class, and I still find new ways every year to weave the insights in this book into research projects and class sessions on a surprising number of topics. Be the first on your block to discover this gem of a teacher!
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a great breakdown of great thinkers,
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This review is from: Great Thinkers, Great Ideas: An Introduction to Western Thought (Paperback)
this book gives breif histories on many great thinkers an their idea`s. straight to the point in an often too wordy subject of philosophy. open to any page and read. how many books can you say that about?
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