The author was born and raised in a rural area of North Eastern Utah on a dairy farm. His early years were naturally oriented in the philosophies of the prevailing religious community. However, aft...view moreThe author was born and raised in a rural area of North Eastern Utah on a dairy farm. His early years were naturally oriented in the philosophies of the prevailing religious community. However, after five years of college, a stint in the US Army, eleven years as a professional petroleum geologist, twenty years as a public school teacher, and five years as a geology instructor at a small university in an adult education program, he feels confident that he is neither naive nor worldly in his thinking. Philosophy has piqued his interest from time to time ever since he took a philosophy class in college to fill a humanities requirement. Now, after authoring two books on religion, he has decided to try his hand at trimming down the thoughts of the world's greatest thinkers to a level where ordinary people can at least have a taste of what those great minds were thinking. His goal is to see interested readers find enjoyment, new knowledge, and a good, healthy taste of provocative thinking through the discipline of philosophy.view less