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Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated Readings4 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

Superb Introduction to Philosophy
Robert C. Solomon's "Introducing Philosophy" is a superb introduction to philosophy. I have the 6th edition published in 1997 but this (the 5th edition) is the only one I could find on Amazon. This book is so good because it takes a Topical approach but integrates excerpts from the great philosophers. Historical introductions don't give you the intelletual excitement of great thinkers across ... 		  
  







  
  
The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy (with Source CD-ROM)7 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

Wadsworth Publishing, 2005

Excellent introduction to philosophy
Solomon's "Big Questions" is an excellent beginning for anyone looking for a serious but approachable introduction to a wide variety of philsophical issues and methods. I teach an Introduction to Philosophy class at the high school level and use a large amount of the material in this book. I have found students can access Solomon's writing quite well; he is both terse and clear. "Big ... 		  
  







  
  
Building Trust: In Business, Politics, Relationships, and Life15 reviews
Robert C. Solomon, Fernando Flores

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Philosophical discourse, not a how-to manual
Expectations that arise from our cultural backgrounds may cause us to be disappointed that this book is not a 'How To' manual, nor does it provide a blueprint for building or skillfully posessing some 'thing' called trust. Instead, the authors offer a philosophical discourse aimed at: exploring the cultural backgrounds that produce our (mis)understanding of trust; observing trusting in ourselves ... 		  
  







  
  
A Short History of Philosophy9 reviews
Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. Higgins

Oxford University Press, USA, 1996

Informative-Easy To Read-Worth Every Penny
For years I have gone about reading philosophy in a very haphazard fashion. Nietzche here, Plato there, Baudrillard here, you get the point. A Short History of Philosophy has helped me understand not only what the great (and minor) philosophers have said but in what conditions they lived. For those of you who have started as I, I can assure you that the puzzle makes much more sense when you start ... 		  
  







  
  
Twenty Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy7 reviews
G. Lee Bowie, Meredith W. Michaels, ...

Wadsworth Publishing, 2006

Create a quantum leap in your philosophical fluency
I recommend this book for the same reasons that others have criticized it. The book is brief, clearly organized, amazingly deep, and covering a wide breadth of common sense questions. Some members of the philosophical community are not comfortable with this. Some conservative members of the old guard are less interested in creating philosophy so much as studying philosophy that already exists. ... 		  
  







  
  
True to Our Feelings: What Our Emotions Are Really Telling Us1 review
Robert C. Solomon

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Highly Recommended
Background: Robert Solomon, University of Texas, Austin, philosopher in the Anglo-American method and Continental leanings, re-introduced "emotions" or "the passions" into the vocabulary of the theories of mind, particularly with his seminal (and substantially revised) "The Passions: Emotions and Meanings of Life" (1976/1993). He has since written extensively on this subject, including his ... 		  
  







  
  
Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life4 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Extremely Intelligent, Thought-Provoking
This is a fascinating book. NOT for the New Age "spirituality" group, but for intelligent, skeptical thinkers interested in the investigations of someone who knows Western philosophy well (and a little Eastern) who is asking how to live one's life. Solomon defines spirituality as "the thoughtful love of life" and then asks how we can practice it. This is a book I go back to and reread ... 		  
  







  
  
The Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life3 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

Hackett Publishing Company, 1993

EMOTION = YOU
The development of a 'Philosophy of Emotion' is flourishing. Trends in philosophy come and go but what makes Robert C. Solomon's "The Passions" interesting is that it challenges an immensely popular faulty dichotomy: emotions vs. rationality. Nowadays it is hard to maintain that our rational thinking is entirely isolated from our deepest emotions, still the myth of the 'irrationality of ... 		  
  







  
  
About Love: Reinventing Romance for Our Times3 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

Hackett Publishing Company, 2006

A genuine masterpiece.
About Love is a welcome burst of genius on the topic most in need and deserving of it. "Relationship" books are a category where sloppy reasoning abounds and where simple selfishness is often offered as a legitimate approach to meaningful intimacy. This book however, is a genuine masterpiece. More than any other writer on this topic, and more than most writers on any topic, Mr. Solomon ... 		  
  







  
  
Honest Work: A Business Ethics Reader
Joanne B. Ciulla, Clancy Martin, ...

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

In today's business world, ethics is not simply a peripheral concern of executive boards or a set of supposed constraints on free enterprise. Ethics stands at the very core of our working lives and of society as a whole, defining the public image of the business community and the ways in which individual companies and people behave. What people do at work--and how they think about work--determines their attitudes and aspirations, affecting and ... 		  
  







  
  
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)101 reviews
Friedrich Nietzsche

Barnes & Noble Classics, 2007

One of the most challenging works I have ever read
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (originally Also Sprach Zarathustra) is considered by some (myself included) to have been the crowning work of the nineteenth century German philosopher Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900). Unlike most modern philosophical works, Zarathustra's format harkens back to the Bible and to the ancient Greek works such as Plato's dialogues. In it, Zarathustra wanders the ... 		  
  







  
  
A Passion for Wisdom: A Very Brief History of Philosophy12 reviews
Robert C. Solomon, Kathleen M. Higgins

Oxford University Press, USA, 1999

Easily the best short introduction to philosophy I have read
This is a "concise version" of Solomon and Higgins's A Short History of Philosophy (1996) which wasn't all that short at 329 pages--well, for a history of philosophy actually it was kind of short. As the authors point out, a "short" history of philosophy (in German) by Hans Joachim Storig, runs to 750 pages, and Bertrand Russell's famous popular opus from 1945, A History of Philosophy was 895 ... 		  
  







  
  
The Joy of Philosophy: Thinking Thin versus the Passionate Life2 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

Continental Themes in the Analytic Method
If I was told I could keep only three works on philosophy, my choices would be instant: (1) Aristotle's Complete Works, (2) Hume's Treatise (and other works), and (3) Solomon's "Joy of Philosophy." That is how estimable I hold Solomon and this book. University of Texas professor Solomon is an unique persona in philosophy. Schooled and trained in the Anglo-American analytic tradition, his ... 		  
  







  
  
Existentialism5 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1974

What it means to truly reflect.
This is an fantastic display of Existentialism. It says anything and everything about the philosophy including the views of the Greats. I highly recommend this book to anyone unfamiliar with the topic or is anxious to learn more 		  
  







  
  
The Philosophy of (Erotic) Love4 reviews
Robert C. Solomon

University Press of Kansas, 1991

Totally applicable through the centuries....
For those of you who are interested in philospohy in general, this book is an excellent collection of briefs from philosphers from Plato to Firestone. The most interesting aspect of this text is that it addresses the subject that most philosophy books refuse to touch upon - LOVE. Most often, philosophers are associated with their views on religion, politics, or the basic human existence. This ... 		  
  







  
  
Since Socrates: A Concise Source Book of Classic Readings
Robert C. Solomon, Clancy Martin

Wadsworth Publishing, 2004

Understand and analyze the great historical texts in philosophy with SINCE SOCRATES! Designed as a concise source book, this historically organized anthology provides you the tools you need to get a good grade. The readings are centered on three critical questions: ethics and the quest for the good life, truth and the problem of knowledge, and the existence of God. Brief introductions to each reading give essential biographical and contextual ... 		  
  







  
  
What Is an Emotion?: Classic and Contemporary Readings

Oxford University Press, USA, 2003

What is an Emotion?, 2/e, draws together important selections from classical and contemporary theories and debates about emotion. Utilizing sources from a variety of subject areas including philosophy, psychology, and biology, editor Robert Solomon provides an illuminating look at the "affective" side of psychology and philosophy from the perspective of the world's great thinkers. Part One of the book features five classic readings from ... 		  
  







  
  
Introducing Philosophy: A Text with Integrated Readings
Robert C. Solomon

Oxford University Press, 1993

A textbook for a one- or two- introductory course. 		  
  







  
  
The Little Philosophy Book1 review
Robert C. Solomon

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

sympathetic little book
Solomon is an ideal guide into this subject. He is analytic enough to avoid postmodern verbiage, and existentialistic enough to care about the human condition, our place in the world, and our efforts in trying to make sense of it all. For a philosophical amateur like myself, most of my time immersed in the everyday chores of trying to keep people alive and well, Robert C Solomon is just the ... 		  
  







  




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