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Socrates’ Children: An Introduction to Philosophy from the 100 Greatest Philosophers
By Peter Kreeft
Word on Fire | February 27th, 2023
Word on Fire | February 27th, 2023
Special Edition Box Set | 4 Paperback Books | 6" x 9"
Special Edition Box Set
4 Paperback Books | 6" x 9"
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Peter Kreeft, esteemed philosophy professor and author of over eighty books, has taught college philosophy for sixty years. Throughout those decades, he yearned for a beginner's philosophy text that was clear, accessible, enjoyable, and exciting (perhaps even funny). Finding none that met those criteria, he eventually decided to write it himself.
In this four-volume series, Kreeft delivers, with his characteristic wit and clarity, an introduction to philosophy via the hundred greatest philosophers of all time. Socrates’ Children examines the big ideas of four major eras—ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary—and immerses the reader in the “great conversation,” the ongoing dialogue among the great thinkers of history, including the most influential philosopher of all: Socrates, the father of Western philosophy.
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Volume I: Ancient Philosophers
Paperback | 216 Pages | 6" x 9" | Retail Price: $19.95
Volume I: Ancient Philosophers investigates the foundations of philosophy laid by the ancient sages, Greeks, and Romans and introduces the philosophers who asked the first great philosophical questions—about good and evil; truth and falsehood; wisdom, beauty, and love; and the self, the world, and God.
Volume II: Medieval Philosophers
Paperback | 168 Pages | 6" x 9" | Retail Price: $19.95
Volume II: Medieval Philosophers studies the transformation of philosophy that came about due to an unprecedented figure—Jesus Christ—and considers the philosophers of the great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as they sought to marry the Greek philosophical tradition with divine revelation.
Volume III: Modern Philosophers
Paperback | 304 Pages | 6" x 9" | Retail Price: $19.95
Volume III: Modern Philosophers explores a philosophical world caught up in the spirit of the Enlightenment—a time of both scientific discovery and social upheaval—and examines the philosophers who sought above all to answer the great questions of epistemology and politics: What is knowledge? How can we be certain? What is society? What is its greatest good?
Paperback | 384 Pages | 6" x 9" | Retail Price: $19.95
Volume IV: Contemporary Philosophers surveys the great philosophers of the last two hundred years and observes the splintering of philosophy into a wide array of philosophical enterprises. Some, unhinged from the past, rebel against the very endeavor of philosophy, but others, seeking to revitalize ancient conversations, return to and renew the deepest questions of meaning, happiness, and the human person.
Volume I: Ancient Philosophers
Paperback | 216 Pages | 6" x 9"
Retail Price: $19.95
Retail Price: $
Volume I: Ancient Philosophers investigates the foundations of philosophy laid by the ancient sages, Greeks, and Romans and introduces the philosophers who asked the first great philosophical questions—about good and evil; truth and falsehood; wisdom, beauty, and love; and the self, the world, and God.
Volume II: Medieval Philosophers
Paperback | 168 Pages | 6" x 9"
Retail Price: $19.95
Retail Price: $
Volume II: Medieval Philosophers studies the transformation of philosophy that came about due to an unprecedented figure—Jesus Christ—and considers the philosophers of the great monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam as they sought to marry the Greek philosophical tradition with divine revelation.
Volume III: Modern Philosophers
Paperback | 304 Pages | 6" x 9"
Retail Price: $19.95
Retail Price: $
Volume III: Modern Philosophers explores a philosophical world caught up in the spirit of the Enlightenment—a time of both scientific discovery and social upheaval—and examines the philosophers who sought above all to answer the great questions of epistemology and politics: What is knowledge? How can we be certain? What is society? What is its greatest good?
Volume IV: Contemporary Philosophers
Volume IV: Contemporary Philosophers surveys the great philosophers of the last two hundred years and observes the splintering of philosophy into a wide array of philosophical enterprises. Some, unhinged from the past, rebel against the very endeavor of philosophy, but others, seeking to revitalize ancient conversations, return to and renew the deepest questions of meaning, happiness, and the human person.
About the Author
Peter Kreeft, PhD, Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, is one of the most widely read Christian authors of our time. He has published over eighty-five books on a vast array of topics in spirituality, theology, and philosophy. They include A Summa of the Summa, Making Sense Out of Suffering, Jesus Shock, The Philosophy of Tolkien, and Socrates Meets Jesus.
"I decided to write this book when the umpteenth person asked me the following question:
'Could you recommend just one book that covers the whole history of philosophy that beginners can understand and even get excited about?'
Since I could not answer that question in words, I decided to try to answer it in deeds. I write the books I want to read when nobody else will write them. Sometimes you have to write a book first in order to get the satisfaction of reading it."
— PETER KREEFT
Here's what People are Saying...
“When I first began to pursue philosophy, I wanted a single resource to introduce me to all its principal players, to teach me their names, relative importance, and chief works, and to help me think their greatest thoughts. I wanted an introduction that let the philosophers have their say, but at the same time avoided the false impartiality of indifference to truth—one that, moreover, went about the whole daunting business with such brevity, directness, enthusiasm, wonder, storytelling, and humor as would suit my needs as a beginner. That resource did not exist. Now it does. It is Socrates’ Children.”
— Michael Augros, Author of Who Designed the Designer? and The Immortal in You
“The moral, social, and religious problems of our time all ultimately reflect deep philosophical errors and thus, at least in part, require a philosophical solution. Yet philosophy has in recent decades retreated so far within the academy that the average person would not know where to begin to look for instruction. Peter Kreeft has long helped to remedy this problem, and this new work may be his most important yet.”
— Edward Feser, Professor of Philosophy, Pasadena City College
“Peter Kreeft provides bite-sized snapshots of one hundred of the most famous and influential philosophers who shape, often in unrealized ways, today’s world. In his trademark crisp and clear style, he presents ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary thinkers. While putting each philosopher in historical context, Socrates’ Children also avoids historical relativism. This book provides both historical context and philosophical summaries of the most important ideas of the most important philosophers. Kreeft focuses on the ideas that make a difference for our lives, as well as on the most influential views of all time.”
— Christopher Kaczor, Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount University, St. Thomas Aquinas Fellow for the Renewal of Catholic Intellectual Life for the Word on Fire Institute
“Philosophy professors are always seeking ways to reach students with fresh approaches to the wisdom we have found so wonderful. Here is a fine option.”
— Ronda Chervin, Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Holy Apostles College and Seminary
“True philosophy is a love affair: as Socrates taught long ago, philosophy is born in wonder, and is lived in passionate seeking. In Socrates' Children, Peter Kreeft guides the beginner through the history of philosophy with his characteristic wonder, wit, and wisdom. Reading these volumes is like taking a class in philosophy with one of its greatest living teachers. In Kreeft's hands, the history of philosophy becomes a dramatic story, a great conversation punctuated with surprise, humor, and insight. For the beginner curious about philosophy, beware: to pick up Socrates' Children is to embark on the great adventure of philosophical thinking, and so to risk falling in love. And when you fall in love, life is changed forever.”
— Paul A. Camacho, Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Augustinian Institute, Villanova University
