Mommyfaithe Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 We are using the Smarr guide (Which uses Sophies World) along with the DK book Intro to Philosophy. Does anyone have a list of books (or parts of books) that would go along with ds's studies? ~~Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 We did Sophie's World this summer and to go along with it we used: Philosophy for Kids : 40 Fun Questions That Help You Wonder About Everything! by David A. White Each Question highlighted a different philosopher and it had interesting discussion questions. The girls enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIch elle Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Maybe the TTC course lecture titles (left side bar) would give you some ideas: http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=470 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted January 19, 2010 Author Share Posted January 19, 2010 We did Sophie's World this summer and to go along with it we used:Philosophy for Kids : 40 Fun Questions That Help You Wonder About Everything! by David A. White Each Question highlighted a different philosopher and it had interesting discussion questions. The girls enjoyed it. Thanks for the suggestion, but I am actually looking for either full length works by the philosophers or a book with an anthology of their works. Thanks, Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myra Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Thanks to 2cents for suggesting the following title! Philosophy for Kids : 40 Fun Questions That Help You Wonder About Everything! by David A. White We're doing Sophie's World right now so I just reserved this from our local library! Yeah! Myra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 My son did Great Ideas in the History of Philosophy course with the TC course in high school and he is now a senior in philosophy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Plato: Apology, Crito, Meno, Protagoras, and the RepublicAristotle: Ethics Maimonides: Guide for the Perplexed Aquinas: Being & Essence Bacon: New Organon More: Utopia Machiavelli: The Prince Montesquieu: Spirit of the Laws Rousseau: Social Contract Descartes: Discourse on Method; Meditation on First Philosophy Locke: 2nd Treatise on Government Paine:Rights of Man or Age of Reason Hume: Enquiry concerning Human Understanding Hobbes: Leviathan Spinoza: Ethics Berkeley: A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Understanding or 3 Dialogues Kant: Critique of Pure Reason; Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals Hegel:Phenomenology of Spirit Marx: Communist Manifesto Mill: On Liberty; Utilitarianism More modern philosophers I have read in a more piecemeal fashion, so any list I made would be exceedingly disbalanced... Another possibility would be to get a standard philosophy reader and use those selections and supplement as desired or use the selections to decide which things you'd like to do in their entirety. Here's one title, but there are dozens out there; you might want to check a local used bookstore. Great List!!! Thanks for posting this!! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ester Maria Posted January 19, 2010 Share Posted January 19, 2010 Maimonides: Guide for the Perplexed Are you sure Rambam is not a little too... culture-specific (in lack of better expression)? While I definitely agree about his (fundamental) importance for the Jewish thought, I'm not sure I'd put him on a "general" reading list. Don't get me wrong, I like the list you provided, it's just that this strikes me as a bit odd, so I'd like to know why. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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