Visual Dictionary of Philosophy

A Visual Dictionary of Philosophy: Major Schools of Thought in Minimalist Geometric Graphics

Rodin believed that his art was about removing the stone not part of the sculpture to reveal the essence of his artistic vision. Perhaps this is what Catalan-born, London-based graphic designerGenis Carreras implicitly intended in chiseling away the proverbial philosopher's stone to sculpt its minimalist essence. Many moons ago, I discovered with great delight Carreras's series of geometric graphics explaining major movements in philosophyand now, with the help of Kickstarter, the project has come to new life in book form.Philographics: Big Ideas in Simple Shapes (public library) is a vibrant visual dictionary of philosophy, enlisting the telegraphic powers of design in distilling the essential principles of 95 schools of thought into visual metaphors and symbolic representation./.../