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Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. Currently on the podcast feed, warburton reads chapters from his book summarizing classics such as platos the republic, aristotles nicomachean ethics, boethius the consolation of philosophy, machiavellis the. He is best known as a populariser of philosophy, having written a number of books in the genre, but he has also written academic works in aesthetics and applied ethics external links. Dialogues concerning natural religion jeanjacques rousseau. Basic readings, thinking from az, and the basics of essay writing all published by routledge. An essay concerning human understanding david hume.