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You Kant Make It Up!: Strange Ideas from History's Great Philosophers

by Gary Hayden · 2011

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Drawing on the writings of history's greatest thinkers, You Kant Make it Up sends the reader on a thrilling, non-stop tour of philosophy's most outrageous and counter-intuitive conclusions. Spanning ethics, logic, politics, sex and religion, this unconventional but light introduction to philosophy will challenge your assumptions, expand your horizons, infuriate, entertain and amuse you.

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