Nasty, Brutish, and Short

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Say ''philosopher,'' and someone grand, old and bearded might come to mind. But, as philosophy professor Scott Hershovitz shows in this delightful debut, some of the best philosophers in the world are better described as nasty, brutish and short--that is to say, they''re children. Children make wonderful philosophers because they constantly question things that grown-ups ...