![]() In this, I feel Soccio succeeded admirably. Soccio, however, in my opinion has a different aim to create a more meaningful background as well as to establish a connection between the philosophies and the actual lives of the readers. ![]() As such, Melchert's book would prob be the better choice were the reader interested in philosophical theories themselves. Melchert's book also has a more comprehensive list of philosophers, giving a fuller account of philosophers such as St Augustine, Thomas Hobbes, and Hegel as compared to Soccio. As an example, Melchert dedicated two whole chapters in his book to Wittgenstein while Soccio confined the same philosopher to only +- 10 pages. He merely gives the reader enough information to enable them to understand the issues each philosophical viewpoint is dealing with. Compared to Melchert's book, Soccio's handling of the theoretical part of the philosophies themselves could arguably be said to be somewhat superficial. ![]() I had already read Norman Melchert's 'The Great Conversation' before reading this book. ![]()
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