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Voices of Wisdom (Hardcover)

~ Gary E. Kessler (Editor)

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With well-chosen classic and contemporary readings from diverse traditions, this market-leading text provides an outstandingly balanced introduction to philosophy that fosters student understanding of the world and their place in it.

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Gary E. Kessler received his Ph.D. from Columbia University where he studied philosophy and comparative religions. After teaching at Bard College, he accepted a position at California State University, Bakersfield where he taught for over thirty years. His most recent research centers on religion and violence. He is the author of numerous articles and books, including VOICES OF WISDOM, which, when first published in 1992, was the first multicultural textbook and reader intended for use in an introductory philosophy class. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Hardcover: 656 pages
Publisher: Wadsworth Pub Co; 4 edition (July 25, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0534535755
ISBN-13: 978-0534535759
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of quality excerpts, May 29, 2008

By	Dave English (Arizona, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Voices of Wisdom: A Multicultural Philosophy Reader (Paperback)

What a cool book! Used often as a required textbook for Philosophy 101 classes, this is a valuable reference for a lifetime. Most of the book is multi-page excerpts from some of the great thinkers in human history. Plato, Laozi, James, Martin Luther King, Engels, Nietzsche, Dalai Lama, Richard Dawkins, Kuhn, on and on. It's neatly organized into twelve chapters; within each there are about six excerpts from different books with an insightful introduction and reading questions. Chapters include Is There a god? Is Knowledge Possible? What Am I? and other non-trival questions.

Reading this comprehensive anthology gives a broad literate education without the months (years?) it would take to read through all the original texts, if you could somehow know what they'd be. A worthwhile reference and a jumping off point into some classic books of human thought.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Expensive, difficult text for beginning philosophy student, April 6, 2009

By	J. C. Morgan (United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Voices of Wisdom: A Multicultural Philosophy Reader (Paperback)

I teach introductory philosophy at the college level and was assigned this book three years ago. While it does have a multi-cultural approach it is very expensive, the introductory sections are not all that good, and it fails to have a section by itself dealing with the issue of death, which is comparable to having a text on religion without a unit on God. There are better, much cheaper books that are better suited to beginning students of philosophy. I am changing using this text after continuing complaints from students about its difficulty and cost. Students are the best consumers here. Perhaps a two semester, more advanced course in philosophy might better use this text.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Philosophers: Then and Now., January 7, 2001

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I liked Voices of Wisdom. This book is a very educational tool. It covers ideas and articles from such philosophers as Jean Paul Sartre, David Hume, Socrates, and etc... The book has a wide variety of ideas, and arguments. This book is good for a student just beginning to learn philosophy. I would be pleased to recommend this book to anyone curious about the subject.

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