ISBN The Philosopher At The End Of The Universe book English Paperback 320 pages

'It's Schopenhauer and the will. It's Plato, it's Hume, Baudrillard and the concept of the Nietzschean superman!' Keanu Reeves onThe MatrixThe Philosopher at the End of the Universeallows anyone to understand basic philosophical concepts from the comfort of their armchair, through the plots and characters of spectacular blockbusting science-fiction movies. Learn about: The Nature of Reality fromThe Matrix; Good and Evil fromStar Wars; Morality fromAliens; Personal Identity fromTotal Recall; The Mind-Body Dilemma fromTerminator; Free Will fromMinority Report; Death and the Meaning of Life fromBlade Runner; and much more. As someone once said, things must be said and knowledge known, and the cast list assembled to tell us does not disappoint: Tom Cruise, Plato, Harrison Ford, Immanuel Kant, Sigourney Weaver, Friedrich Nietzsche, Keanu Reeves and Rene Descartes. From characters in the biggest films (with lots of explosions and bad language) to Ludwig Wittgenstein (no explosions and too much language in general), hear all the arguments. I think, therefore... I'll be back!