We are used to thinking that philosophy is boring and difficult. But the authors of great ideas - Plato, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Descartes and others - were, first of all, people, and very extraordinary ones at that. On the pages of the book, each of them talks about his concepts himself, in a lively and understandable language. You will be transported back in time and learn how ideas were born that shape the present and the future - ideas behind which stand the best minds of humanity.