Bestsellers
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The Wisdom of Insecurity
- A Message for an Age of Anxiety
- By: Alan Watts, Deepak Chopra - introduction MD
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Wisdom of Insecurity, Watts explains complex concepts in beautifully simple terms, making this the kind of book you can return to again and again for comfort and insight in challenging times....
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Not a good audiobook
- By Carrie LaMontagne on 10-16-23
By: Alan Watts, and others
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A History of Western Philosophy
- By: Bertrand Russell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 38 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy....
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Russell's Philosophy, Some History Included
- By Donald on 06-19-21
By: Bertrand Russell
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Early Modern Philosophy: Descartes and the Rationalists
- By: James D. Reid, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: James D. Reid
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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From the 17th to 18th centuries, bold thinkers cast off the authority of ancient traditions and embraced reason as the primary tool for understanding the world. Early Modern Philosophy: Descartes and the Rationalists covers the key philosophers of this period in 12 fascinating half-hour lectures.
By: James D. Reid, and others
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The Archaeology of Knowledge
- And the Discourse on Language
- By: Michel Foucault
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think.
By: Michel Foucault
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The End of History and the Last Man
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is essential....
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An important discussion expertly narrated
- By Kevin Teeple on 06-27-19
By: Francis Fukuyama
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Think
- A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
- By: Simon Blackburn
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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This is an audiobook about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice....
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A Highly Recommended Starting Point for Philosophy
- By Lucas on 10-14-14
By: Simon Blackburn
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The Wisdom of Insecurity
- A Message for an Age of Anxiety
- By: Alan Watts, Deepak Chopra - introduction MD
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Wisdom of Insecurity, Watts explains complex concepts in beautifully simple terms, making this the kind of book you can return to again and again for comfort and insight in challenging times....
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Not a good audiobook
- By Carrie LaMontagne on 10-16-23
By: Alan Watts, and others
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A History of Western Philosophy
- By: Bertrand Russell
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 38 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy....
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Russell's Philosophy, Some History Included
- By Donald on 06-19-21
By: Bertrand Russell
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Early Modern Philosophy: Descartes and the Rationalists
- By: James D. Reid, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: James D. Reid
- Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
- Original Recording
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From the 17th to 18th centuries, bold thinkers cast off the authority of ancient traditions and embraced reason as the primary tool for understanding the world. Early Modern Philosophy: Descartes and the Rationalists covers the key philosophers of this period in 12 fascinating half-hour lectures.
By: James D. Reid, and others
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The Archaeology of Knowledge
- And the Discourse on Language
- By: Michel Foucault
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Madness, sexuality, power, knowledge—are these facts of life or simply parts of speech? In a series of works of astonishing brilliance, historian Michel Foucault excavated the hidden assumptions that govern the way we live and the way we think.
By: Michel Foucault
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The End of History and the Last Man
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since its first publication in 1992, The End of History and the Last Man has provoked controversy and debate. Francis Fukuyama's prescient analysis of religious fundamentalism, politics, scientific progress, ethical codes, and war is essential....
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An important discussion expertly narrated
- By Kevin Teeple on 06-27-19
By: Francis Fukuyama
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Think
- A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy
- By: Simon Blackburn
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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This is an audiobook about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice....
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A Highly Recommended Starting Point for Philosophy
- By Lucas on 10-14-14
By: Simon Blackburn
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Phenomenology of Spirit
- By: G. W. F. Hegel, A. V. Miller - translator, J. N. Findlay
- Narrated by: David DeVries
- Length: 29 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Perhaps one of the most revolutionary works of philosophy ever presented, The Phenomenology of Spirit is Hegel's 1807 work that is in numerous ways extraordinary....
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My favorite audible book of the 700 I've rated
- By Gary on 01-02-16
By: G. W. F. Hegel, and others
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Hegel
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Peter Singer
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel's life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some of the more challenging aspects of Hegel's philosophy....
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Great introduction
- By I'm all ears on 02-17-22
By: Peter Singer
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Cynical Theories
- How Activist Scholarship Made Everything About Race, Gender, and Identity - and Why This Harms Everybody
- By: Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
- Narrated by: Helen Pluckrose
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Have you heard that language is violence and that science is sexist? Have you read that certain people shouldn't practice yoga? Or been told that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only White people can be racist? Listen to find out more....
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Vast Amount of Jargon Lost Me
- By P. Jackson on 10-23-20
By: Helen Pluckrose, and others
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Irrational Man
- A Study in Existential Philosophy
- By: William Barrett
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 13 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Irrational Man begins by discussing the roots of existentialism in the art and thinking of Aquinas, Pascal, Picasso, Beckett, and more....
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heady
- By A. Antine on 07-28-22
By: William Barrett
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Philosophy
- Who Needs It
- By: Ayn Rand
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Who needs philosophy? Ayn Rand's answer: Everyone....
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Deep and provocative
- By Sierra Bravo on 05-21-09
By: Ayn Rand
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Beyond Good and Evil
- Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
- By: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Otto Sharp
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Introducing "Beyond Good and Evil" by Friedrich Nietzsche—the transformative audiobook that will challenge your perspective, ignite intellectual curiosity, and awaken the philosopher within....
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Beyond Good and Evil
- Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Steven Van Doren
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche attacks past philosophers for their alleged lack of critical sense and blind acceptance of Christian premises....
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one of the best.
- By Michael on 10-01-10
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Remaking the World
- How 1776 Created the Post-Christian West
- By: Andrew Wilson
- Narrated by: Andrew Wilson
- Length: 10 hrs and 13 mins
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In this skillfully researched audiobook, Andrew Wilson explains how 7 historic events in 1776 shaped today’s post-Christian West and equips believers to share God’s truth in the current social landscape.
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EXTRAORDINARY
- By Wade on 09-26-23
By: Andrew Wilson
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A Brief History of Everything
- By: Ken Wilber
- Narrated by: Steve Grad, Willow Pearson
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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A Brief History of Everything is an altogether friendly and accessible account of men and women's place in a universe of sex, soul, and spirit, by Ken Wilber. Wilber examines the course of evolution as the unfolding manifestation of Spirit, from matter to life to mind....
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Embodied self-organized integration
- By Malachi Gillihan on 11-02-18
By: Ken Wilber
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Kant
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Roger Scruton
- Narrated by: Kyle Munley
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why the Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring....
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Comprehensive, Well Read, But Very Abstract
- By Drone Boy on 09-09-21
By: Roger Scruton
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The Sickness Unto Death
- By: Soren Kierkegaard
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian, and religious author interested in human psychology. He is regarded as a leading pioneer of...
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Could not follow
- By Dee on 07-21-24
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Wittgenstein
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: A. C. Grayling
- Narrated by: Kyle Munley
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original thinker, whose influence on 20th-century thinking far outside the bounds of philosophy alone. In this engaging Introduction, A. C. Grayling makes Wittgenstein's thought accessible to the general listener....
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Track -ta- toose?
- By sleight on 07-13-22
By: A. C. Grayling
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Objectivism
- The Philosophy of Ayn Rand
- By: Leonard Peikoff
- Narrated by: Johanna Ward
- Length: 19 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Peikoff, as Rand's foremost interpreter, here reveals both the abstract fundamentals of objectivism and its practical applications....
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The very best overview of Objectivism
- By L. Hattery on 06-24-05
By: Leonard Peikoff
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The Voice of Reason
- Essays in Objectivist Thought
- By: Ayn Rand, Leonard Peikoff
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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This collection communicates not only Rand's singular worldview, but also the penetrating cultural and political analysis to which it gives rise....
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Explains Everything Of Today
- By L. Nicholson on 11-20-15
By: Ayn Rand, and others
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Nietzsche
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Michael Tanner
- Narrated by: Christine Williams
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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With his well known idiosyncrasies and aphoristic style, Friedrich Nietzsche is always bracing and provocative, and temptingly easy to dip into. Michael Tanner's introduction to the philosopher's life and work examines the numerous ambiguities inherent in his writings....
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Presumes way too much
- By Kim M. on 04-30-24
By: Michael Tanner
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A Short History of Decay
- By: E. M. Cioran
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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E. M. Cioran confronts the place of today's world in the context of human history in this nihilistic and witty collection of aphoristic essays concerning the nature of civilization in mid-20th-century Europe....
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Depressingly Inspiring
- By Amazon Customer on 03-12-23
By: E. M. Cioran
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Humanly Possible
- Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
- By: Sarah Bakewell
- Narrated by: Antonia Beamish
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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The bestselling author of How to Live and At the Existentialist Café explores seven hundred years of writers, thinkers, scientists, and artists, all trying to understand what it means to be truly human....
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A glimmer of hope
- By RAY MONTECALVO on 04-14-23
By: Sarah Bakewell
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The Birth of Tragedy Out of the Spirit of Music
- By: Friedrich Nietzsche
- Narrated by: Duncan Steen
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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One of Nietzsche’s earliest works, The Birth of Tragedy (1872) is a remarkable source of inspiration....
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The Apollonian vs The Dionysian
- By JCW on 02-05-18
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A Discourse on Method
- Meditations on the First Philosophy: Principles of Philosophy
- By: René Descartes
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
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By calling everything into doubt, Descartes laid the foundations of modern philosophy....
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THANK YOU
- By Andrew on 10-22-10
By: René Descartes
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The Temptation to Exist
- By: E. M. Cioran
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In this work Cioran writes about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, about mystics, apostles, philosophers. For those to whom the very word philosophy brings visions of arduous reading, be assured: Cioran is crystal-clear, his style quotable and aphoristic....
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Cioran Speaks
- By Amazon Customer on 04-23-23
By: E. M. Cioran
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Critique of Pure Reason
- By: Immanuel Kant
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 25 hrs and 9 mins
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Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is a core text of modern philosophy. The work brings together two opposing schools of philosophy—rationalism and empiricism—and proposes a third way, which came to be known as transcendental idealism....
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The Narrator Deserves an Audie
- By Michelle on 01-28-24
By: Immanuel Kant
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Return of the Primitive
- The Anti-Industrial Revolution
- By: Ayn Rand, Peter Schwartz
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In the 1960s and early '70s, the most prominent cultural movement was the New Left: a movement that condemned America and everything it stood for....
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Extreemly relevant to our current climate
- By Mica on 01-18-10
By: Ayn Rand, and others
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Schopenhauer
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Christopher Janaway
- Narrated by: Kyle Munley
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Schopenhauer is considered to be the most accessible of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers....
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am OK review
- By Arnulfo Perez on 01-25-23
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The Problems of Philosophy
- By: Bertrand Russell
- Narrated by: Joe Rupe
- Length: 4 hrs
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The Problems of Philosophy is a 1912 book by Bertrand Russell, in which the author attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy.
By: Bertrand Russell