Children are, in many ways, born philosophers. Without prompting, they ask some of the largest questions about time, mortality, happiness and the meaning of it all. Yet too often this inborn curiosity is not developed and, with age, the questions fall away. This is a book designed to harness children's spontaneous philosophical instinct and to develop it through introductions to some of the most vibrant and essential philosophical ideas of history....

Who were the Renaissance scientists and philosophers? In The Renaissance Thinkers with History Projects for Kids, kids ages 10 through 15 meet five famous Renaissance thinkers, including Filippo Brunelleschi, Machiavelli, Copernicus, Thomas More, and Francis Bacon while engaging in hands-on STEAM activities that incorporate the scientific method and the engineer design process to build critical and creative thinking skills. Discover the brilliant...

A biography of the pre-Socratic whose intellectual accomplishments reach far beyond the Pythagorean theorem for which we remember him today.

Philosophy is for everyone! Stories, games and activities to activate thinking. From Socrates to Simone de Beauvoir, from idealism to materialism, passing through Saint Augustine or Schopenhauer, this book covers the history of thought from its origins to the present day in an innovative and fun way. Laura Vaioli explains the history of philosophy to children, and brings them closer to complex thinking through concrete examples and scenes from everyday...

"Un divertido libro que responde a las grandes preguntas de los más curiosos de la casa. ¿Por qué tengo que estudiar? ¿Para qué vivimos? ¿Quién soy? ¿Sienten los árboles y las flores? ¿Qué pasa cuando nos morimos? Estas son solo algunas de las preguntas que se hacen los más pequeños de la casa y que adultos y profesores a veces no son capaces de responder. Para todos ellos, llega este libro, una lectura obligatoria para ayudar a los niños...