A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers, from Plato to Dewey.
Few write for the non-specialist as well as Will Durant, and this book is a splendid example of his eminently readable scholarship. Durant’s insight and wit never cease to dazzle; The Story of Philosophy is a key book for anyone who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.
With the right mix of history, biography and philosophy, Durant has achieved a wonderful synthesis and summary of the evolution of thought.
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English
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704 pages
Author:
Will Durant