**An immersive YA biography and introduction to the bold and deeply influential life of Augustine of Hippo.The philosophy of this thinker from the waning years of the Roman Empire has guided Western thought for nearly two thousand years.**“Suddenly every vain hope became empty to me, and I longed for the immortality of wisdom with an incredible ardour in my heart.” —Augustine of HippoIn a time when Christianity was just finding its footing on the world stage, August...

An entertaining and accessible introduction to the radical philosopher of freedom of thought and religion is the only biography of Spinoza for young adults.The second title in the Philosophy for Young People series.A brilliant schoolboy in 17th-century Amsterdam, Bento Spinoza -- formally Baruch and later Benedict de Spinoza -- quickly learns to keep his ideas to himself. When he is 23, those ideas prove so scandalous to his own Jewish community that he is c...

**A lively and accessible introduction to the quintessential philosopher, and the civilized world’s first enemy of the state.Named a Best Teen & YA Nonfiction title of 2022 by Kirkus Reviews**Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas of one of Western Civilization’s founding philosophers, whose influence is still felt more than two thousand years later. Socrates is famous for how he died, executed by the Athenian government for corrupting the...

**An immersive YA biography and introduction to the bold and deeply influential life of Augustine of Hippo.The philosophy of this thinker from the waning years of the Roman Empire has guided Western thought for nearly two thousand years.**“Suddenly every vain hope became empty to me, and I longed for the immortality of wisdom with an incredible ardour in my heart.” —Augustine of HippoIn a time when Christianity was just finding its footing on the world stage, August...

An entertaining and accessible introduction to the radical philosopher of freedom of thought and religion is the only biography of Spinoza for young adults.The second title in the Philosophy for Young People series.Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Children's and Young Adult LiteratureA Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books"Clarity, accessibility and spot-on relevance to issues fac...

A lively and accessible introduction to the quintessential philosopher, and the civilized world’s first enemy of the state.Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas of one of Western civilization’s founding philosophers, whose influence is still felt more than two thousand years later. Socrates is famous for how he died, executed by the Athenian government for corrupting the youth of Athens, but his most important contribution was to challeng...