{"id":3109,"date":"2011-01-13T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T22:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3109"},"modified":"2011-01-13T16:39:30","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T22:39:30","slug":"plato-smash-it-must-be-action-philosophers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=3109","title":{"rendered":"“Plato Smash?” It must be ACTION PHILOSOPHERS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been meaning to plug the guys from Evil Twin Comics<\/a> for awhile since their Action Philosophers series is a perfect combination of awesome and educational.<\/p>\n

Action Philosophers is a comic book series about the life, attitudes and the major philosophical ideas of… well, the major philosophers!<\/p>\n

Issue #1 starts off with “The Pre Socratics!”, and seriously, how can you not love an intro to philosophy like this…<\/p>\n

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BTW, starting with the pyromaniac dude in the lower left and going clockwise, that’s Heraclitus, Anaximenes, Miletus, Anaximander, Empedocles and Parmenides.<\/p>\n

No, seriously.<\/p>\n

Their contributions and beliefs are presented in a very entertaining manner, and quickly advance to Descartes.<\/p>\n

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Philosophy 101? Definitely. Educational? Yes, but in a sneaky “hey I learned something I didn’t mean to” way! Entertaining? Oh hell yes.<\/p>\n

You can read the Pre-Socratics<\/a>, Rene Descartes<\/a>, John Stuart Mill<\/a> and Carl Jung<\/a> stories online for free by clicking any of the above links, or you can get a PDF preview of all four stories here<\/a>. (NOTE: PDF link) You can also get the whole compendium from amazon.com<\/a> from here or the identical link on the Evil Twin Comics’ website or the smaller “volume” series<\/a> by looking at the author’s page<\/a> at amazon.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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