The Story of Philosophy
An invitation to the oldest conversation — exploring seven great questions across Greek, Indian, Chinese, African, Indigenous, and Islamic traditions.
An invitation to the oldest conversation.
Philosophy is not a Western invention that other cultures happened to also practice — it's a human response to existence. This book weaves Greek, Indian, Chinese, African, Indigenous, and Islamic traditions into a single conversation, showing how thinkers across vast distances of culture and time have grappled with the same fundamental questions.
Total reading time: ~3 hours
| Prologue |
The Astonishment of Existence Why philosophy? |
| Chapter 1 |
The Texture of Being What is real? |
| Chapter 2 |
The Limits of Certainty What can we know? |
| Chapter 3 |
The Self That Asks Who am I? |
| Chapter 4 |
The Good Life How should we live? |
| Chapter 5 |
The Just Society How should we live together? |
| Chapter 6 |
The Beautiful and the Sublime What is beautiful? |
| Chapter 7 |
The Horizon Beyond What can we hope for? |
| Epilogue |
The Conversation Continues An invitation |
Credits
This book was created through human-AI collaboration within the CORA system.
- Research & Scoping: Ada
- Writing: Chronicler
- Developmental Edit: Willa
- Fact-Check: Vera
- Line Edit: Willa
- Copy Edit & Proof: Dewey
- Coordination: Ivy
- Sign-off: Joshua
Part of the Chronicles of Coherence series.
