100 PHILOSOPHERS: THE WISDOM OF THE WORLDS GREAT THINKERS

The most noted quotations from 100 of the greatest philosophers in history. From Lao Tzu in sixth-century BCE China to Plato in Classical Greece, and on to Rousseau in the eighteenth century and Noam Chomsky in the twenty-first, the breadth of philosophical thought gives the reader unique insights into different attitudes and cultures around the world, and the issues which continue to unite and divide us. Along with their most famous thoughts, the accompanying text puts each philosopher into the context of their place and time.