The basics of Western philosophy explained in engaging comics -- author/artist Margreet de Heer introduces you to a few key philosophers and concepts and makes you think for yourself!
"This is a perfect intro to the complex and weighty topic of philosophy — Margreet de Heer delivers a surprisingly fun and really intriguing look into an area in life that many of us consider occasionally but end up taking for granted.” – Jason Sacks in the Comics Bulletin
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The basics of Western philosophy explained in engaging comics -- author/artist Margreet de Heer introduces you to a few key philosophers and concepts and makes you think for yourself!
What is thinking? What is reality? What is the purpose of life? Philosophers all through the ages have throught about these questions and you can now think along with them through this fun, accessible graphic novel which lays out the fundamentals of Western philosophy for anyone who likes to think about thinking, from age 12 and up.
Besides exploring some of the Big Questions, this book also provides drawn biographies of a few key philosophers and an overview of their ideas:
Comic artist Margreet de Heer draws herself in this book, too! She looks at how philosophy applies to her own life and that of others...
Who is Margreet de Heer? With over twenty-five years of experience as a cartoonist and illustrator, Margreet de Heer has produced comics in almost every genre. Her educational comics, about hefty topics such as philosophy, science and religion, found international acclaim and are widely used in schools. They have been praised for presenting complex topics in a clear and fun way. Margreet is based in Amsterdam and was the first Comic Artist Laureate of The Netherlands, from 2017 to 2020.
Margreet, who started out as an autobiographical comic artist, almost always draws herself as a guide throughout her work.
“It’s a smart and giving book that should be required reading for anyone — a sweet and amusing manual of how to navigate human beings and use your own brain while doing it. You don’t have to live life on automatic pilot and de Heer’s cartoons can show you the way!”
– John Seven in the North Adams Transcript
“Colorful, clever, and bouncy cartoons provide an educated philosophy scholar-cartoonist with the method for engaging and informing casual readers about the why and how of Western philosophy’s foundations and development.”
– Francisca Goldsmith for the School Library Journal
“This is a perfect intro to the complex and weighty topic of philosophy — Margreet de Heer delivers a surprisingly fun and really intriguing look into an area in life that many of us consider occasionally but end up taking for granted.”
– Jason Sacks in the Comics Bulletin
“Avoiding a systematic, scholarly overview, de Heer makes philosophical questions lively, quirky, and enduring through her informal approach and lighthearted color drawings. Her appealing introduction will engage those curious about this “philosophy stuff,” teens and up.”
– The Library Journal
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