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Ideas that shaped the world

Great Thinkers is a collection of some of the most important ideas of Eastern and Western culture - drawn from the works of those philosophers, political theorists, sociologists, artists and novelists whom we believe have the most to offer to us today.

We've worked hard to make the thinkers in this book clear, relevant and charming, mining the history of knowledge to bring you the ideas we think have the greatest importance to our times. This book contains the canon of The School of Life, the gallery of individuals across the millenia who help to frame our intellectual project - and we have succeeded if, in the days and years ahead, you find yourself turning to our thinkers to illuminate the multiple dilemmas, joys and griefs of daily life.

Thinkers include:

  • Plato
  • Aristotle
  • Friedrich Nietzsche
  • Niccolo Machiavelli
  • John Ruskin
  • Confucius
  • Lao Tzu
  • Max Weber
  • Margaret Mead
  • Sigmund Freud
  • Coco Chanel
  • Andy Warhol
  • Jane Austen

Hardback book | 480 pages | 202mm x 150mm

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Customer Reviews (4.4 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Richard ★★★★★

I picked this up expecting a dry textbook and ended up reading it in three sittings. The way it distills each thinker's core idea into a few pages makes it easy to dip in during my commute.

Victoria C. ★★★★★

I was worried this would read like a dry textbook, but the way it connects ideas across cultures actually pulls you in. The sections on political theorists are clear without dumbing anything down, perfect for a curious reader like me.

Lily E. ★★★★★

It covers both Eastern and Western thinkers in one volume, so I finally got a proper overview of Confucius and Locke without jumping between books. The way each idea is laid out made it easy to follow, even the denser political theory parts.

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