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Deep Thought: 42 Fantastic Quotes that Define Philosophy by Gary Cox (view source)
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As many people know, the ancient Greeks, the French, and the Germans dominate philosophy, and Cox even makes a joke about the latter's startling ability to churn out critical thinkers: 'Long before they produced great cars the Germans produced great philosophers'. Laughs aside, what some readers may find genuinely limiting or disappointing about this selection is the lack of diversity. It is very much a book on the white, European, and (in a few cases) American / Australian tradition of philosophy. It is a snug and cohesive book because of this selection, but perhaps it would be worth asking for a series of these texts, companions which take on the thinkers from other parts of the world.
For readers looking for more philosophy: [[The Complete Philosophy Files by Stephen Law]] is another accessible introduction to complex philosophical questions; [[The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that have That Have Shaped Our World View by Richard TarnassTarnas]], however, is a much more robust account of the history of Western thought.
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