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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 808 EAN: 9780312437176 Edition: 7th ISBN: 0312434448 Label: Bedford/St. Martin's Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 928 Publication Date: July 05, 2005 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Studio: Bedford/St. Martin's Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The Perfect Freshman Comp BookThis is, quite simply, the best textbook I have ever run across, in any subject, in 20 years of teaching. Anyone who has not read these selections by the likes of Freud, Jung, Plato, the Dalia Lama, Marx and Machiavelli most certainly should. This is a concise and insightful history of ideas. Rating:  - Does not live up to its titleI have used A WORLD OF IDEAS several times in college composition courses that I have taught. It is a book with many strengths. The readings are rigorous, well-chosen, and provocative. Students often struggle to understand them and write about them, but I believe that struggling with great ideas is a good thing for a college student to do. I have observed, time after time, that real personal and intellectual growth comes with this struggle. My problem with this text, though, is that it gives very ... Read More Rating: - Amazing bookThis is one book that every college student MUST read. It is a very resourceful book, introducing you to the many of the world's greatest thinkers...ancient,modern, and contemporary. It is one of those books that makes you REALLY think about stuff (about the world, humanity, and existence). What's really beautiful about this book is that it combines philosophy with literature. Reading this book, you will not only analyze about the ideas themselves, but also how the ideas are presented ... Read More Rating:  - Only for the Scholarly!!If you are an English major this book is definately for you. If you are any other major, I strongly advise you not taking an English class that requires this text. It is extremely boring, but if you love philosphy and history than you would very much enjoy this book! Rating: - The foundations of modern thinkingIn this collection, Jacobus includes some of the most inspirational and intriguing ideas from great thinkers of antiquity and today. Not only does the anthology include selections from the bedrock of Western philosophy, science, social theory and religion, it also includes selections connected to Buddhism, Islamic thought and other topics celebrating diversity. I've used this reader in advanced freshman composition classes for three years, and I have found it to be the most thought-provoking ... Read More |
