Books With Questions....Kolakowski's Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing?

     Books about questions or books that genuinely explore great questions are generally a step above most books that merely explore ideas by asserting.  Leszek Kolakowski's Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? 23 Questions From Great Philosophers is a fine way to introduce Philosophy to someone.  This book is not for a seasoned Philosopher, unless he has become so entrenched in Philosophy that he is mind numbingly boring and irrelevant.  
     This book is really for the person who has been given a false view of Philosophy as being unimportant or unapproachable.  By taking the approach of asking questions and thinking through those questions (doing Philosophy), Kolakowski's demonstrates the ongoing value of thinking.  See below just a few of the chapter titles and the Philosophers he examines.
Truth and the Good: Why Do We Do Evil? Socrates
The Good and the Just: What is the Source of Truth? Plato 
Life in Accordance With Nature: Can It Make Us Happy? Epictetus
God and Man: What is Evil? St. Augustine
God's Necessity: Could God Not Exist? St. Anselm
Knowledge, Faith and the Soul: Is the World Good? St. Thomas Aquinas 
Faith: Why Should We Believe? Blaise Pascal 
The Foundations of Certainty: What Can We Know and How Can We Know it? Edmond Husserl


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