ABSTRACT
First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas that have perplexed people from time immemorial, it is 'long on wit, intelligence and curmudgeonly scepticism', as the New York Times noted, and it is this, coupled with the sheer brilliance of its scholarship, that has made Russell's History of Western Philosophy one of the most important philosophical works of all time.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
unit |270 pages
Ancient Philosophy
part |75 pages
The Pre-Socratics
part |122 pages
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
part |72 pages
Ancient Philosophy after Aristotle
unit |168 pages
Catholic Philosophy
part |71 pages
The Fathers
part |88 pages
The Schoolmen
unit |296 pages
Modern Philosophy
part |162 pages
From the Renaissance to Hume
part |132 pages
From Rousseau to the Present Day