After slogging through most of this book, I had to stop and put it down. It is horribly boring, long-winded, and pompous.Most of McGinn's real philosophical work is beautifully written; Logical Properties, for example, is an outstanding piece of clear thinking and lucid exposition on difficult issues.But this book is written quite badly. I suspect that McGinn just wrote the book more or less off the top of his head to make a fast buck. Don't waste your time and money.