Douban: history of Western Philosophy

A great philosopher's lucid and magisterial look at the istory of his own subject, wonderfully readable and enlightening.

First published in 1946, History of Wester Philosophy went on to beceome 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 since time immemoria, Russell's History of Western Philosophy offered a cogent precis of its subject. Of course this cannot be the only reason for its prpularity. Russell's book was "long on wit, intelligence and curmudgeonly scepticism", as The New York Times noted, and it's 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.

Bertrand Russell(1872-1970). The leading British philosopher of the twentieth century, who made major contributions in the areas of logic and epistemology. Politically active and havitually outspoken, his ethical principles twice led to imprisonment.

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