英文书 Socrates Cafe 平装32开241页

图书标准信息

• 作者 Christopher Phillips 著
• 出版社 W.W. Norton & Co.
• 出版时间 2002-05
• ISBN 9780393322989
• 定价 168.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Foranumberofyears,ChristopherPhillipshasbeeninvitingordinarypeopletogathertogethertodiscussphilosophicalquestions.Hismissionwas:'toreturnphilosophytothepeople,whereitbelongs'-andtolearnfromit.Thisisthestimulatingaccountofhisexperience."SocratesCafe"isthenamePhillipsgivestothemeetingsheldinbookshops,socialcentres,schools,universities,achurch,aprisonandsimilarvenues.Throwingintoeachgroupsomeofthegreatphilosophicalquestionsfordiscussionelicitssurprisinglythoughtfulcontributions,whichtheauthorpresentsinamodernformreminiscentofPlato'sDialogues,introducedbyandinterspersedwithhisownpersonalaswellasphilosophicalreflections.Histhumbnailsketchesoftheparticipantshumanisestheircontributionsandmakesthemmoreimmediateandinvolving,whilehisownlearningintroducesreaderstothecontributionsmadetoparticularargumentsbypastphilosophers.Theideaofquestioningmeaningof'life,theuniverseandeverything'hasbecomedebasedinmodernsociety,butthisbookshowsthatthereisaneedforandavalueintheSocraticmethodofthinkingthroughaspectsofourexperiencefromethicstoexistence.Itcan,forordinarypeopleasmuchasforprofessionalphilosophers,beexhilarating,illuminating,anddevelopmental.Thisbookdoesnotoffereasyanswerstoultimatequestions:itisdedicatedsimplytoshowingthevalueofquestioningforpersonalandhumandevelopment."Theoneandonlyfirmandlastingtruththathasemerged,"saystheauthor,"isthatthereisalwaysmoretodiscover."Anengagingblendofstory-tellingandphilosophy,"SocratesCafe"willinspirereaderswithenquiringmindstoaskquestionsofthemselvesandothers,andtostrivetolivemorefully'theexaminedlife'.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.

【作者简介】

ChristopherPhillipsisaneducator,afreelancewriter,andfounderofthenon-profitmakingSocietyforPhilosophicalInquiry.HeholdsadegreeinPhilosophyfromWilliam&MaryCollege,Virginia,USA.--ThistextreferstoanalternatePaperbackedition.