Man Is A Thinking Reed eBook

This book is a philosophical popular book with a relatively unique angle of entry. It takes 350 quotations from the writings of thinkers in the history of world philosophy, and gives a brief introduction to the philosopher who said the quotation and the meaning of the quotation. The quotes are philosophical, and many are the philosopher's main ideas, such as Socrates' "I know that I know nothing", Descartes' "I think, therefore I am", Ockham's "Don't add to the body of things if you don't have to", Bentham's "Don't add to the body of things if you don't have to", and Bentham's "Don't add to the body of things if you don't have to". Ockham's "Don't add entities if you don't have to", Bianchin's "The greatest happiness of the greatest number is the basis of morality", Sartre's "Existence precedes essence", and so on. Thus the reader can read this book and appreciate these quotations while gaining an understanding of the main ideas of many philosophers in the history of philosophy. The language is simple and easy to read, with each sentence taking up one page. It is suitable for the general reader.