In lively and engaging prose, the book distills some of history's most important philosophical ideas... An important book Herald A complete treat: a big breath of fresh air and a bracing detox for our beleaguered, battered brains -- Derren Brown [An] excellent and often witty primer on the art, or aspiration, of thinking clearly and logically and ethically Irish Times If more philosophers wrote with the power and elegance Julian Baggini achieves in this book, more of us would learn to think like them. Well, now we can! -- Richard Holloway Baggini is an engaging writer and his arguments are ornamented with references to popular culture and current affairs, scraps of intellectual history and a range of relatable personal experiences TLS A welcome balm. Julian Baggini writes with clarity and humour.