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Since its first publication in 1945, Lord Russell's A History of Western Philosophy has been universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject -- unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace and wit. In seventy-six chapters he traces... read more
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“A precious book ... a work that is in the highest degree pedagogical which stands above the conflicts of parties and opinions.”
Albert Einstein
First Sentence
IN all history, nothing is so surprising or so difficult to account for as the sudden rise of civilization in Greece.
Table of Contents
Ancient Philosophy
* The Pre-Socratics
* Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
* Ancient Philosophy after Aristotle
Catholic Philosophy
* The Fathers
* The Schoolmen
Modern Philosophy
* From the Renaissance to Hume
* From Rousseau to the Present Day
Authors & Contributors
- Bertrand Russell (Author)
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