This is a witty and sharp guide to the biggest ideas in philosophy and how to apply them to your life.
There is a saying that goes "Don't learn the tricks of the trade, learn the trade", but philosophy is all tricks. Unlike other books about the subject, this book explains not just who each philosopher was and what he thought, but exactly how he came to think in the way that he did. Nicholas Fearn presents philosophy as a collection of tools - from Ockham's razor to Hume's fork - each of which can be brought to bear on a variety of predicaments.
Written in twenty-five short chapters, each readable during the journey to work, this book is the ideal course in intellectual self-defence. Acute, often irreverent, but always authoritative, it is a unique introduction to key philosophical ideas.
