{"product_id":"the-ways-of-philosophy","title":"The Ways of Philosophy","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eOriginally published by Scholars Press\u003cbr\u003eNow Available from Duke University Press\u003cp\u003eOne of the most urgent and persistent of human problems was first posed by Aristotle: What is the best and most worthwhile life that a human being can live?\u003cbr\u003eSurveying some fourteen thinkers—ancient and modern, Eastern and Western—this work describes the various pathways that have been taken toward answering Aristotle’s question. Each pathway is subjected to four questions: 1) how does it define the “problem” of life? 2) what is the cause of the problem? 3) what is the solution to that problem? and 4) what is the way or means of achieving that solution?\u003cbr\u003eThe comparison of alternative answers to Aristotle’s question provides students of philosophy, religion, and the humanities with a provocative and engaging introduction to the major concepts, vocabulary, problems, and solutions endemic to philosophical thinking. Each chapter is accompanied by a series of questions which encourage the reader to examine critcally not only the philosophy under discussion but his or her own views about what constitutes the worthwhile life.\u003cbr\u003eExemplary in the clarity of its purpose and expression, \u003ci\u003eThe Ways of Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e is both an accessible introduction to the discipline and a reminder that philosophy attempts to provide practical solutions to genuine human problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"A. L. Herman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616242786684,"sku":"9781555405151","price":52.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/missing-cover_31caec8e-5ac8-4e25-b586-3154e6f26374.jpg?v=1746711679","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ways-of-philosophy","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}