TY - GEN AU - Ferry,Luc TI - A brief history of thought : : a philosophical guide to living SN - 9780062074249 AV - BD 22 F399b 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New York : PB - Harper Perennial, KW - FilosofĂ­a N1 - "First published under the title 'Learning to live' [in slightly different form] in Great Britain in 2010 by Canongate Books"--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-270) and index N2 - This introduction to philosophy focuses on the questions of what it means to be human and how to react to the reality of death by exploring ancient Stoic, Christian, early modern, and contemporary approaches as well as the views of Nietzsche ER -