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Looking at Philosophy
The Unbearable Heaviness of Philosophy Made Lighter
1994
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A creative, humorous, illustrated guide to Western philosophy—for everyone who always wondered what those famous thinkers really thought. Palmer is the author of Does the Center Hold: Introduction to Western Philosophy. Illustrated with more than 350 cartoons.
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Author

Donald D. Palmer
Author · 8 books

Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the College of Marin in Kentfield, California. He is known for writing introductory books on philosophy and philosophers which attempt to make philosophical ideas accessible to novices. He also illustrates his own books. Currently he is visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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