-Great Thinkers in 60 Minutes Volume 1- comprises the five books, already published as separate volumes, -Plato in 60 Minutes-, -Rousseau in 60 Minutes-, -Smith in 60 Minutes-, -Kant in 60 Minutes-, and -Hegel in 60 Minutes-. Each short study sums up the key idea at the heart of each respective thinker and asks the question: -Of what use is this key idea to us today?- But above all the philosophers get to speak for themselves. Their most important statements are prominently presented, as direct quotations, in speech balloons with appropriate graphics, with exact indication of the source of...

"Great Thinkers in 60 Minutes Volume 2" comprises the five books "Marx in 60 Minutes," "Freud in 60 Minutes," "Sartre in 60 Minutes," "Heidegger in 60 Minutes," and "Camus in 60 Minutes." Each short study sums up the key idea at the heart of each respective thinker and asks the question: "Of what use is this key idea to us today?" But above all the philosophers get to speak for themselves. Their most important statements are prominently presented, as direct quotations, in speech balloons with appropriate graphics, with exact indication of the source of each quote in the author's works. This...