- Paperback: 212 pages
- Publisher: King's College Publications (10 Sep 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 190498701X
- ISBN-13: 978-1904987017
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14 x 1.5 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,457,964 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Back Cover, September 10, 2004
Funny, provocative, informative!
Achille Varzi, Columbia University, New York
Achille Varzi, Columbia University, New York
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Philosophers have had a way of sometimes obstructing the admirable endeavour of philosophy: To address the fundamental issues of human existence and the workings of nature. This obstruction is emphasized by suggesting rather odd and exotic prerequisites for solving a seemingly simple problem; a particular jargon in which no words occurring have less than seven syllables and by insane thought experiments. When the impenetrable jargon is paired up with ludicrous thought experiments and the philosopher at the same time continues to insist that he or she is addressing the fundamental problems of the human existence and condition, it begins to sound pretty much like the wizardry of Medieval alchemy. This is what Feisty Fragments echoes in words from Nietzsche to Einstein, from Catherine the Great to John F. Kennedy. Feisty Fragments is a collection of more than 250 quotations from people from all walks of life expressing their rather critical and often quite humorous takes on both philosophy and philosophers.
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