Lehrman American Studies Center

A good introduction to students on some major philosophical questions and themes: what constitutes wisdom and common sense; sophistry; the fact-value distinction; philosophy in an age of science. Although the author is an apologetics of Plato, Aristotle, and Thomism, he does engage such thinkers like Heidegger and Nietzsche. Unfortunately, some major thinkers are neglected or downplayed - Spinoza, Mill, Hegel, Marx - but this is somewhat redeemed with the appendix that lists some of the major thinkers in western philosophy.