Philosophers have had a way of sometimes obstructing the admirable endeavour of
philosophy: To address the fundamental issues of human existence and the
workings of nature. This obstruction is emphasized by suggesting rather odd and
exotic prerequisites for solving a seemingly simple problem; a particular jargon
in which no words occurring have less than seven syllables and by insane thought
experiments. When the impenetrable jargon is paired up with ludicrous thought
experiments and the philosopher at the same time continues to insist that he or
she is addressing the fundamental problems of the human existence and condition,
it begins to sound pretty much like the wizardry of Medieval alchemy. This is
what Feisty Fragments echoes in words from Nietzsche to Einstein, from Catherine
the Great to John F. Kennedy. Feisty Fragments is a collection of more than 250
quotations from people from all walks of life expressing their rather critical
and often quite humorous takes on both philosophy and philosophers.