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John Eidinow

    John Eidinow est l'auteur de "Another Day", un roman captivant qui explore l'amour, la tromperie et l'espionnage dans les premiers mois de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Auparavant, il a co-écrit trois livres acclamés, chacun racontant avec vivacité des affrontements dramatiques entre des esprits formidables. Sa vaste expérience en tant que présentateur et réalisateur de documentaires pour BBC Radio 4 et World Service confère à son écriture un regard aiguisé sur les questions historiques et contemporaines. L'œuvre d'Eidinow propose constamment des récits convaincants centrés sur d'importantes confrontations intellectuelles et historiques.

    Wittgenstein's Poker
    • Wittgenstein's Poker

      The Story of a Ten-minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers

      • 267pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      Wittgenstein's Poker is an engaging mixture of philosophy, history, biography and detection. It ranges from the place of assimilated Jews in fin-de-siegrave;cle Vienna, to what happens to memory under stress, to a vivid portrait of Cambridge and its eccentric set of philosophy dons, including Bertrand Russell (who acted as umpire). At the centre of the story stand the philosophers themselves, proud, irascible, larger than life, and spoiling for a fight. 'Those 10 minutes shook the world of Western philosophy literally to its foundations . . . Edmonds and Eidinow have a very good story to tell, and they tell it wonderfully well.' Irish Times 'Excellent . . . If people have recently been led to think of philosophy solely in terms of its consolations, a kind of chicken soup for the soul, this is the book to cure them all.' Sunday Times

      Wittgenstein's Poker2002
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