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Review: One Minute Philosopher

One Minute Philosopher, published by Sophia Press, is an excellent resource for developing critical thinking and therefore is a timely and highly beneficial aid in the education of young adults.

The capacity for critical thinking is essential for the virtue of prudence, the educational process and to free oneself from manipulative influences and false ideologies. One-Minute Philosopher breaks down concepts and ideas into basic premises and offers a forum for discussion, evaluation and judgment. From cover to cover One-Minute Philosopher is a valuable tool for developing well informed minds with the capacity for critical thinking.

One of the challenges that parents face today is preparing their children to withstand manipulation and false ideologies. Manipulation takes place when only partial & selective information is offered with the object of affecting the decision making process in another person or persons-a decision that would not be made with complete and accurate information. Critical thinking is the best defense against such influences, and One-Minute Philosopher helps develop this capacity with a series of simple discussions.

One-Minute Philosopher uses a simple formula. Each page presents:

A topic
A definition of the term
A clear three-paragraph explanation
A one-line summary
A though-provoking quotation
Questions to apply to one’s own circumstances

Terms are presented in opposites, e.g. virtues juxtaposition vices. For example, happiness is compared to pleasure, freedom to license, frankness to rudeness, conscious to feelings, excellence to popularity, criticism to condemnation etc.

One Minute Philosopher offers the harried parent a valuable compendium of sound philosophy and thought for discussion of virtue with their teenage children.

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