Critically acclaimed for his Small Treatise on the Great Virtues published in the U.S. by Metropolitan Books, the writer-philosopher André Comte-Sponville returns with a notable encyclopedia of philosophy. The result of ten years of reflection and four years of actual writing, this encyclopedia will appeal both to philosophers and the general public, with its 1200 entries it actually does read like a novel. As in his previous books, Comte-Sponville’s voice is unmistakable on every page and allows the reader to either start from the beginning or to select topics randomly.