\'The unexamined life is not worth living.\' Plato (c.
She has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College, Cambridge..
She has written many books on the history and philosophy of science and other aspects of science and technology.
After teaching at the universities of Cambridge and York, she became a full-time writer.
Topics include: - The nature of being and reality - The existence of God - Romanticism and existentialism - Free will and predestination - Ethics in daily life - How we might make a good society Beautifully illustrated throughout About the Author: Anne Rooney gained a degree and a Ph D From Trinity College, Cambridge.
It includes biographies of significant figures, accounts of important texts, and definitions of key concepts such as scepticism, relativism, and empiricism.
An accessible, fascinating account of the major preoccupations of the world\'s greatest thinkers, it explores the five branches of philosophy - metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and aesthetics. 427-347BC) This book traces strands of thought in Western philosophy, From the Ancient Greeks to the present day. \'The unexamined life is not worth living.\' Plato (c
