This easy-to-read guide provides a one-sentence statement of the “Big Idea” of 101 of the most important ideas and people in philosophy and then follows up with a brief overview of that idea. Arranged in chronological order based upon their appearance in philosophy and the history of ideas, readers will find succinct and helpful material on topics such as:

• Worldview
• Metaphysics
• Socrates
• Aristotle
• Augustine
• Thomas Aquinas
• Pascal’s Wager
• Immanuel Kant
• Existentialism
• Jean-Paul Sartre
• Simon de Beauvoir
• Postmodernism

Michael Vlach provides an exceptional guide for students or any person who desires to better understand the concepts and people involved in intellectually shaping the world in which we live.