Aristotle Would Have Liked Oprah: And Other Philosophic Musings

by Ethel Diamond

Ancient Wisdom For Modern-Day LifeHow would Plato ask for a raise? Would Scorates send a cranky kid for a time out? And why would Aristotle like Oprah? By gaining an understanding of the great... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558747206
• ISBN13: 9781558747203
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Health Communications
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Socrates would have loved Diamond!

This is a very unusual book - informative yet highly entertaining. I have taught philosophy for years and have searched for a way to make the teachings of these great thinkers relevant to my students; this book brings a new dimension to these great works and I intend to use it an introductory primer in my classes. For the lay person I highly recommend it as enjoyable introduction to some of the greatest thoughts that humankind has produced. I agree completely with the reviewer who categorized this book as "a gem." It is definitely a five star recommendation.

Wonderful reading!

This book is terrific. It is not only fun to read, I found it incredibly useful as a tool for changing my life. This book really is exceptional because Diamond presents the insights of the famous philosophers to the readers so they can start using them at once in their daily life. I never would have believed I could use advice from Socrates to improve my life, but this stuff really works.It is better than any self-help book I've ever read, plus it's really so much fun to read. I highly recommend it.

Aristotle Would Have Liked Oprah

Delightful! Brilliant! I wouldn't have guessed that a book purporting to be about philosophy would be a page-turner; I couldn't stop reading. The author seems to have translated a whole college-major-in-philosophy's worth of information in a simple (but not simplistic)and entertaining way. This is my new "most favorite" book.

Enlightening and Fun

This playful examination of some of the world's great thinkers is a pleasure to read. I find myself reflecting on many of lessons that I learned from the book even now, a month or so after first having read it.

An engaging, entertaining, and educational read.

This book makes philosophy fun as well as applicable to my personal life. Each chapter provides pertinent lessons presented in original and memorable ways. The book is so refreshing that I look forward to reading it again and again. I recommend it most highly!