This volume is intended to provide a basic familiarity with the history of philosophy in an accessible tour of the world's great ideas. The brevity of the study, should allow readers to see the connections and divergences between philosophers, as well as the way ideas evolve over time.

Perfect for readers eager to acquire a basic familiarity with the history of philosophy but intimidated by the task, A Passion for Wisdom is a lively, accessible, and highly enjoyable tour of the world's great ideas. Highlighting major philosophers from Plato and Aquinas to William James and Simone deBeauvoir, the authors offer telling anecdotes and enlightening quotations from an intellectual tradition that reaches back over three thousand years.