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Title: Doesn't replace history of philosophy!
Review: I saw the reviews and I think you may be miss-lead. This book does not replaces a good introduction to history of philosophy. It is certain that this books lacks of originality, but he gives the idea that everything is well-established, and he puts everything within his range of classification, which ir really doubtful for someone trying to begin with philosophy.I don't see anything particularly new in this book. He has a scheme to classify others' philosophy. It can be dangerous appealing, in the sense that it tries to remove some of disputes of the philosophers.I would say that is a good protection from the problems of the philosophy, not a good philosophy book. He does not solve the problems, he does not say where is the origin of the problem, or the miss use of the language.
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