A little history of philosophy

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• dredmorbius · Jul 30, 2019 · Recommends

  …https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Philosophy) Western only. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: https://plato.stanford.edu The Basics of Philosophy: https://www.philosophybasics.com Nigel Warburton, A Little History of Philosophy. https://www.worldcat.org/title/little-history-of-philosophy/.... Light, but a good overview. Peter Adamson, "The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps": https://historyofphilosophy.net. Extremely…

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• ed_westin · Jul 31, 2023 · Recommends

  Nigel Warburton's A Little History of Philosophy. Cathcart and Klein's Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar. Both are easy-going and fit the description of an overview. Further reading can be segued to Oxford University Press A Very Short Introduction…

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• marai2 · Dec 11, 2025 · Recommends

  …bringing a technical subject down to an easily readable level. 2. The Joy of Abstraction - Eugenia Cheng Similar to the above review. I never thought Category Theory could be made so easily readable! 3. A Little History of Philosophy - Nigel Warburton Small, compact book. A quick interesting jaunnt through the history of philosophy. Entertaining and educational!

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• dredmorbius · May 15, 2020 · Mentions

  …measure. But the matter of unequal treatment by social class was the specific error Bentham was attempting to correct. This aspect of Bentham's philosophy is specifically mentioned in Nigel Warburton's A Little History of Philosophy (2011), chapter 21. https://www.worldcat.org/title/little-history-of-philosophy/...

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