Originally published: The everything philosophy book. "This 2011 edition published by Fall River Press by arrangement with F + W Publications, Inc."--Title page verso. Includes index.

It's Greek to me -- The three sages : Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle -- The decline and fall of the Hellenistic period -- The medieval mind -- The Renaissance period -- Humanism -- The Protestant Reformation -- The scientific revolution -- Approaching modern times -- British empiricism -- The French Enlightenment -- German idealism -- Utilitarianism -- The American transcendentalists -- Phenomenology and existentialism -- Modern and postmodern philosophers -- Sociology and anthropology -- Psychology -- Eastern schools of thought -- The big three religions -- Objectivism and the right livelihood -- The forgotten philosophers -- Twelve steps to a better life -- Everything old is new age again -- Philosophy and the couch potato.