Kierkegaard and the Mermaid

At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers! Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willing to consider lifes big questions, however strange or impractical. Plato & Co. introduces childrenand curious grown-upsto the lives and work of famous philosophers, from Socrates to Descartes, Einstein, Marx, and Wittgenstein. Each book in the series features an engagingand often funnystory that presents basic tenets of philosophical thought alongside vibrant color illustrations. Kierkegaard and the Mermaid takes a leap into the absurd, exploring the existential philosophy of Sren Kierkegaard from the bottom of the sea, through the eyes of a princess with a fishs tail. Though living in a coral palace and betrothed to the handsomest and tenderest of all the water sprites, our heroine soon finds herself heartbroken. She must look deep into the world of the spirit to find out what it all means.