I thought I'd like this book but I did not, I can't quite put my finger to why that is, maybe it's the simplification or the repetition, it read like an essay, a brief introduction to philosophy but the author will pop in then and there to remind how he has had a promiscuous life (in a very subtle manner) and then drop hints about the life he has had, the kind of contact he has and everything which isn't a bad thing by itself but it just wasn't for me, I did learn a few new things which was the point of the book, to make philosophy accessible and so I rate it 2.25 stars.