The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Great Philosophers of the Western World (In Focus Biographies) - Softcover

Durant, Will

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671695002 ISBN 13: 9780671695002

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books, 1961

Synopsis

This is an attempt to humanize knowledge by centering the story of speculative thought around certain dominant personalities.

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Review:

Easily the most engaging writer of Western intellectual history in the English language, Will Durant breathes life into philosophers and their ideas. He is colorful, witty, and above all, informative. Beginning with Socrates and ending with American philosopher John Dewey, Durant summarizes the lives and influence of philosophy's greatest thinkers, painting them with humanity and adding a few of his own wise platitudes. Seventy-some years after its first printing, The Story of Philosophy still stands as one of the best of its kind.

From the Back Cover:

A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers--Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James and Dewey--The Story of Philosophy is one of the great books of our time. The Story of Philosophy is a key book for any reader who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books
• Publication date: 1961
• ISBN 10: 0671695002
• ISBN 13: 9780671695002
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 412