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I really don't understand the appeal of The Worldly Philosophers. Maybe it's just me but I found the explanations of the ideas of each philosopher to be rather
by unmole 4y ago
I really don't understand the appeal of The Worldly Philosophers. Maybe it's just me but I found the explanations of the ideas of each philosopher to be rather muddled.
- santiagobasulto 4y agoI read The Worldly Philosophers a long time ago (I was young) and I loved it. I remember really liking the narrative and the historical background.
- abecedarius 4y agoI found it stimulating in high school (compared to most social-studies stuff). But from recently sampling it in the library: I don't think it mentioned the marginal revolution at all. E.g. Alfred Marshall did get a couple pages, but only as some kind of Victorian eminence who made some technical contributions not worth explaining. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Marshall#Theoretical_contributions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Marshall#Theoretical_co... for what I wish the book had told me.)