Is philosophy obsolete? Are the ancient questions still relevant in the age of cosmology and neuroscience, not to mention crowd-sourcing and cable news? The acclaimed philosopher and novelist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein provides a dazzlingly original plunge into the drama of philosophy, revealing its hidden role in today’s debates on religion, morality, politics, and science.
Plato may have died over two thousand years ago, but he lives on, vibrantly, in these piquant pages.
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English
Length:
461 pages
Author:
Rebecca Goldstein