"As a freshman in college, Samuelson fought with classmates over whether philosophy was essential for a meaningful life. Fortunately, he's still fighting. Defying the widespread perception of philosophy as an academic specialty, Samuelson urges readers to join him in a humanizing intellectual adventure, one that begins with Socrates's frank profession of ignorance.... But perhaps no one teaches more than Samuelson's ... Read moreown diverse college students-a wine-loving bicyclist, a sleep-deprived housewife, a monk-faced factory worker. These seemingly ordinary people underscore the most important lesson of all: philosophy matters for everyone." (Booklist) Show Less