How was the universe created? What is truth? How can we live a virtuous life?
Since the dawn of history, humans have posed such significant questions, as well as others concerning the nature of life and existence - and great thinkers have proposed answers that continually shape our world.

Written in simple and understandable language, this book is filled with concise yet complete and perfectly comprehensible explanations, diagrams that explain complex theories step-by-step, classic memorable philosophical quotes, and is further enriched with clever illustrations that wittily outline human perspectives on major philosophical issues.

Whether you are a beginner, an enthusiastic student, or an advanced scholar, Philosophy in Simple Terms will provide you with ample intellectual nourishment.

The book examines the major philosophical theories from the ancient world to the present day.
Specifically, you will learn about the theories of philosophers:

- of the ancient world: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Confucius, Siddhartha Gautama, and others.
- of the Middle Ages: Saint Augustine, Avicenna, Thomas Aquinas, and others.
- of the Renaissance and the Age of Reason: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, and others.
- of the Age of Revolution (1750-1900): Voltaire, Adam Smith, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, and others.
- of the period 1900-1950: Nietzsche, Saussure, Ortega y Gasset, Benjamin, Marcuse, Popper, Adorno, Camus, and others.
- of the period from 1950 to today: Roland Barthes, Thomas Kuhn, Lyotard, Chomsky, Kristeva, Žižek, and others.