A brief history of thought
Subtitle: a philosophical guide to living
By: Luc Ferry ; translated by Theo Cuffe
Contributors: Cuffe, Theo
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Series: Harper Perennial modern thought; Harper Perennial modern thought
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780062074249
Subjects: Introductions; Philosophy
Work titles: Apprendre à vivre
Description: An introduction to philosophy focuses on the questions of what it means to be human and how to react to the reality of death by exploring ancient Stoic, Christian, early modern, and contemporary approaches as well as the views of Nietzsche.
Notes: Translated from the French.

First published under the title, "Learning to live" in Great Britain in 2010 by Canongate Books.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-270) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is philosophy? --; title: "The Greek miracle" --; title: The victory of Christianity over Greek philosophy --; title: Humanism, or the birth of modern philosophy --; title: Postmodernity: the case of Nietzsche --; title: After deconstruction: contemporary philosophy.