I recommend "Think" by Simon Blackburn.
Philosophy is always best when a child and a professor can be made equals in an argument. In this book, Blackburn makes some ancient, huge and complex problems accessible to anyone who has tried to find answers to life's big questions.
It is a comprehensive book, not just for students of philosophy, but for anyone who wants to know what 'philosophers' do, and what they've been talking about.
Can we know reality is not an illusion?
How can God permit evil to happen?
Am I the same person as I was ten years ago?
Is my fate decided or am I free to choose it?
Blackburn discusses these questions, drawing on the works of many famous historical figures, such as Hume, Kant, Descartes and Plato. The book is simply written, making these hugely complex problems easy to get right inside of.
