This title for beginners is an introduction to philosophy and gives a clear, readable overview of five major texts by Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sartre and Russell. It provides help in how to analyse these sources and encourages the reader to question the arguments and positions presented.

Designed for complete beginners, "Philosophy: Key Texts" is an introduction to philosophy and gives a clear, readable overview of five major texts by Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Sartre and Russell. As well as providing help in how to analyse these sources, Baggini encourages the reader to question the arguments and positions presented. Useful at the start of a course of study, as a concise revision aid, or as a lucid, jargon-free guide for anyone who wants an insight into philosophy, "Philosophy: Key Texts" can be used either independently of, or together with, its companion volume "Philosophy: Key Themes".

Preface - Introduction - Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics (c.334-323 BC) - Rene Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) - David Hume: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (1748) - Bertrand Russell: The Problems of Philosophy (1912) - Jean-Paul Sartre: Existentialism and Humanism (1947) - Glossary and further reading - Index