An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy

Philosophy''s the ''love of wisdom'' can be approached in two ways: by doing it or by studying how it has been done so writes the eminent philosopher Roger Scruton. In this user-friendly book he chooses to introduce philosophy by doing it. Taking the discipline beyond theory and intellectualism he presents it in an empirical accessible and practical light. The result is not a history of the field but a vivid energetic and personal account to guide the reader making his or her own venture into philosophy. Addressing a range of subjects from freedom God reality and morality to sex music and history Scruton argues philosophy''s relevance not just to intellectual questions but to contemporary life.