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Summary: He's no philosopher
Review: To get the measure of this book, I checked out the bit about Nietzsche, a philosopher I know something about. The authors's comments are so ridiculous I thought it must be a joke. It reminded me of the kind of anti-German propaganda article printed in World War 1 newspapers. I'm afraid this experience put me off the book altogether.Maybe it's unfair to judge a book by a couple of pages, but when someone gets it so wrong about a subject that you know, you are bound to distrust them on others you don't. My advice - forget this and read any decent introduction to philosophy instead.
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Summary: A Necessary Corrective for our Times
Review: We live in an spiritually blighted era when people don't know or care what the meaning of is is. The idea of any transcendant ideal has no value to society. Not only do people not care what truth is, they would not know what to do with it if they found it. This book is a remarkable examination of that modern failure of the soul and a thoughtful examination of how truth has been sought throughout history. The bulk of the book consists of a review of the four different methods of seeking the truth, from "gut feelings" to empirical evidence. The final chapter looks at how modern Western civilization has abandoned the quest for truth, falling prey to such lunacies as deconstructionism. Perhaps the most important point the author makes is that when a people has abandoned the search for the truth, they are easy prey for lies. We see this in Washington, in the media and in academia today. We ignore this trend at our peril. If we want to preserve our freedoms, we must become more attuned to the truth. Dr. Fernandez-Armesto's book is a good place to begin.
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