The Ancient Greek, Aristotle, laid the foundations of Western knowledge and his effect on philosophy and the sciences was to last over two thousand years until the Renaissance. His life was not always so successful. He was tutor to the headstrong young Alexander the Great, and later had to flee for his life from Athens.
These witty and informative 'Virgin Philosophers' guides cover the lives and ideas of the major philosophers. Award-winning author Paul Strathern's concise and easily comprehensible style highlights the major advances in philosophy, as well as the men who conceived them and the times in which they lived.
Packed with striking quotes, insights and anecdotes, the aim of the 'Virgin Philosophers' series is to clarify the mysteries of philosophy for the general reader.
