The Philosophical Backstairs

This classic has inspired countless people to take an interest in philosophy: Without heavy academic baggage, easily readable, rich in anecdotes and humorous, Wilhelm Weischedel introduces the life and thought of the great philosophers. 34 entertaining essays present personalities, quirks and great ideas from antiquity to modernity – from Thales, Plato and Aristotle to Heidegger, Russell and Wittgenstein. The great traditions and approaches of philosophical thought are made understandable to a broad readership via the "backstairs", which, according to Weischedel, is "the access to the immediately human". Now the bestseller by the most famous German philosopher Weischedel is finally available again.


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