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In this fascinating crash course in philosophy, 15-year-old Sophie starts receiving mysterious letters from someone named Hilde, who oddly shares her birthday. These letters soon turn into eye-opening philosophy lessons. Sophie later meets Alberto, a philosopher who guides her through the ideas of history‘s greatest thinkers. From Socrates to Sartre, join Sophie as she explores how philosophy shapes the world—and her own reality. 🤔🤔🤯

The Beatles and Philosophy falls at the more academic end of the spectrum, despite its pop culture focus. It‘s written for someone who‘s already across the basics of philosophical thought, and an intimate knowledge of the Beatles catalogue is pretty much essential. Luckily, I came equipped with both. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-beatles-and-philosophy-michael-baur-ste...

I knew nothing about Schopenhauer going in, and if asked I would probably have guessed that he was a composer. I didn't really understand the explanation about Schopenhauer's theory of the Will as the meaning seemed to slip and slide about and just as I thought I was beginning to understand it the concept changed. I don't know who was at fault, me, the author, or Schopenhauer.

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I took this on a short trip recently for a light read. These mini penguins are great for that. I found this one overall boring and uninspiring, there was one essay ‘On Work and Happiness‘ had moments and relevance, other than that quite unremarkable.

Dante called Boethius the “last of the Romans and first of the Scholastics“. He wrote The Consolation of Philosophy while unjustly imprisoned in 523. In the book he is visited by Lady Philosophy who teaches him that transient things do not bring happiness.