A Passion for Wisdom

Perfect for readers eager to acquire a basic familiarity with the history of philosophy but intimidated by the task, A Passion for Wisdom is a lively, accessible, and highly enjoyable tour of the world's great ideas.

Highlighting major philosophers from Plato and Aquinas to William James and Simone deBeauvoir, the authors offer telling anecdotes and enlightening quotations from an intellectual tradition that reaches back over three thousand years.