The Second Truth: A Brief Introduction to the Intellectual and Spiritual Journey That is Philosophy - Softcover

This is an accessible volume that explores the different modalities of thinking from a philosophical viewpoint. We are born into families, communities, and cultures that provide us with an initial understanding of the world through which to interpret our experience - the first truth. Throughout history there have been many individuals, such as Copernicus, Socrates, and Jesus who have strived for a better way to conceptualize and interpret their experience - the second truth. Eventually, civilisation inherits filtered versions of the second truth of these individuals as part of our initial understanding but such an understanding originated out of a specific form of thinking known as philosophy.

James Danaher is Professor of Philosophy and Head of the Philosophy Department at Nyack College, NY.