Nigel Warburton, the author of A Little History of the World, was born in 1962. Warburton attended the University of Bristol where he received his BA, along with a PhD from Darwin College, Cambridge. During Warburton’s career, he was a Lecturer in Philosophy at Nottingham University and a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the Open University. He regularly teaches courses about the Philosophy of Art at Tate Modern, and presents programs for BBC Radio 4. Warburton also runs a Philosophy weblog called Virtual Philosopher, and podcasts interviews with David Edmonds at Philosophy Bites (over 19 million downloads). Warburton’s literary works include Philosophy: The Basics (4th ed.), Philosophy: The Classics (4th ed.), and Thinking from A to Z
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Warburton’s layout of forty brief chapters with nearly one philosopher per chapter lets the reader focus on specifically one or two philosophers. The in-depth discussion of one to two philosophers per chapter allows the reader to concentrate on learning specifically about that philosopher without mixing up information. The brevity of each chapter allows helps keep the flow of the book moving. The length of the chapters is the perfect amount to keep the reader’s attention, while increasing their appetite. The themes of the text tie the chapters together. At the end of one major theme, the reader is able to look back and make connections between philosophers’ approaches to the theme, and develop their own thoughts. The continuity of the text is kept active thanks to the mostly chronological order of the chapters. The reader is able to keep a sense of progression in the text, along with the ideologies of each time period. One may link the chronological order of the chapters with the themes and notice how the philosophers’ target of study has shifted. As early as the 300s philosophers questioned the existence of God. Progressing into the 1800s to 1900s, political philosophy and the ideal society have been
Warburton’s layout of forty brief chapters with nearly one philosopher per chapter lets the reader focus on specifically one or two philosophers. The in-depth discussion of one to two philosophers per chapter allows the reader to concentrate on learning specifically about that philosopher without mixing up information. The brevity of each chapter allows helps keep the flow of the book moving. The length of the chapters is the perfect amount to keep the reader’s attention, while increasing their appetite. The themes of the text tie the chapters together. At the end of one major theme, the reader is able to look back and make connections between philosophers’ approaches to the theme, and develop their own thoughts. The continuity of the text is kept active thanks to the mostly chronological order of the chapters. The reader is able to keep a sense of progression in the text, along with the ideologies of each time period. One may link the chronological order of the chapters with the themes and notice how the philosophers’ target of study has shifted. As early as the 300s philosophers questioned the existence of God. Progressing into the 1800s to 1900s, political philosophy and the ideal society have been