{"id":13606,"date":"2013-03-08T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T20:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/the-60-second-philosopher\/"},"modified":"2013-03-08T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T20:44:00","slug":"the-60-second-philosopher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/the-60-second-philosopher\/","title":{"rendered":"The 60-Second Philosopher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CCNmAKVJpHI\/UTkO6nnnvWI\/AAAAAAAAAgM\/oNmrSPrELio\/s1600\/shapeimage_1.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-CCNmAKVJpHI\/UTkO6nnnvWI\/AAAAAAAAAgM\/oNmrSPrELio\/s1600\/shapeimage_1.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Andrew Pessin&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1851686886\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1851686886&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wondephilo-20\"> <\/a><i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1851686886\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1851686886&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wondephilo-20\">The 60-Second Philosopher<\/a> <\/i>is a series of 60 very short chapters (each two pages) that provide ideas for thinking about a wide range of philosophical topics (time, color, various ethical questions, knowledge, free will, etc.). 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