"The Philosopher on the Sofa" Author: [Italy] Rick Duffield / [Argentina] Daniel Cuero Publisher: Beijing United Publishing Company

Introduction · · · · · ·
This book uses many famous film and television works such as "The Matrix", "Inception", "Black Mirror", "The Avengers", "The Lord of the Rings", "Stranger Things", and "Game of Thrones" to discuss the thoughts of famous philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Nietzsche, etc., share interesting and informative philosophical knowledge, and explain common philosophical concepts such as metaphysics, dualism, cognitive bias, pragmatism, and absolute spirit.

Let’s start to understand philosophy from the people, things and objects around us. Maybe someone will say that movies and TV shows are a waste of time, you can confidently refute with your hands on your hips: "That's because you don't use your brain well." Maybe someone will say that philosophy is useless, but everyone's life is inseparable from philosophy, especially when people know how to examine themselves and the world, they have embarked on a philosophical journey.

📺A great shortcut to philosophy, tailor-made for you who don't know where to start: Want to learn some philosophy but don't know where to start? Are the works of various thinkers obscure and difficult to understand, which directly scares you away? Quickly open this book and follow the author to review the plots of international popular film and television works such as "The Matrix", "The Avengers", "Black Mirror", "American Gods", "Game of Thrones", and "Breaking Bad", dig deep into the philosophical core of them, and learn philosophical thoughts, terminology and concepts while watching the dramas, so that the stereotypes left by philosophy in your mind will be swept away.

🎬Excellent interpretation of education and entertainment, see how philosophers "act as themselves": Spinoza and Descartes launched a "gunfight"? Hobbes and Locke transformed into "Iron Man" and "Captain America" ​​and fought a "civil war"? Nietzsche and Bergson headed for the volcano to try to destroy the "Lord of the Rings"? Hans Jonas supported Jon Snow and said that he was not "knowing nothing"? ... Philosophers "jumped" into the screen to defend their theories. They either refused to give in to each other or joined forces to explain philosophical topics.

📺Let philosophy be close to life, refuse empty talk of theory: Empty talk of theory is meaningless, and the truth is to make philosophy practical. What is the philosophical basis of "Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder"? What impact has the rapid development of technology brought to our lives? How should we grasp the relationship with others? ... The author chooses a more relevant perspective to discuss the problems that each of us will encounter, so that we can learn to look at the difficult and complicated problems in life from a philosophical perspective, and treat the people, things, and things around us more methodically.

🎬Written by a popular illustrator, the super interesting brain-opening mini-theater is hilarious: reading should also have a sense of picture! Classic scenes from various film and television works are humorously reproduced by the popular illustrator Daniel Cuero. Each chapter is followed by brain-opening Easter eggs, multi-frame comics, and wonderful reversals to help you relax after brainstorming.

About the Author
Text author

Rick DuFer

Riccardo Dal Ferro, born in 1987, is a YouTube philosophy blogger and promoter of philosophy. He discusses beautiful things and explores philosophy with thousands of netizens every day.

Illustrator

Daniel Cuello

Born in Cordoba, Argentina, he has lived in Italy for many years. He is a self-taught artist who first became popular online as an illustrator, and later published paper comics and graphic novels as an outstanding graphic novelist.