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Five Thousand B. C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies

Puzzles and Paradoxes, Riddles and Reasonings

Five Thousand B. C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies( )
Author: Smullyan, Raymond
ISBN:978-1-4299-5265-1
Publication Date:Feb 1983
Publisher:St. Martin's Press
Book Format:Ebook
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Five Thousand B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies by Raymond Smullyan is a collection of paradoxes, dialogues, problems, and essays exploring philosophical ideas. This fascinating book will challenge your understanding of reality, truth, morality, existence, and death. Raymond Smullyan is a logician, mathematician, and philosopher and is the author of books including The Tao Is Silent, What Is the Name of This Book?, To Mock a Mockinbird...
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Book Details
Pages:224
Detailed Subjects: Philosophy / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):1 x 1 x 1 Inches
Author Biography
Smullyan, Raymond (Author)
Raymond Merrill Smullyan was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, New York on May 25, 1919. He received a bachelor's degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. He taught at Princeton, Yeshiva University, Lehman College of the City University of New York, and Indiana University. He also performed magic under the stage name Five-Ace Merrill at nightclubs like the Pump Room in Chicago.

He was a puzzle-creating logician who wrote many books including The Chess Mysteries of the Arabian Knights, The Lady or the Tiger?: And Other Logic Puzzles, Alice in Puzzle-Land: A Carrollian Tale for Children, and The Magic Garden of George B and Other Logic Puzzles. He died on February 6, 2017 at the age of 97.

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