A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century.Īmong the philosophers considered are: Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, the Atomists, Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Cynics, the Sceptics, the Epicureans, the Stoics, Plotinus, Ambrose, Jerome, Augustine, Benedict, Gregory the Great, John the Scot, Aquinas, Duns Scotus, William of Occam, Machiavelli, Erasmus, More, Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, the Utilitarians, Marx, Bergson, James, Dewey, and lastly the philosophers with whom Lord Russell himself is most closely associated-Cantor, Frege, and Whitehead, coauthor with Russell of the monumental Principia Mathematica.

Since its first publication in 1945, Lord Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy is still unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, its clarity, its erudition, its grace, and its wit. Written by a man who changed the history of philosophy himself, this is an account that has never been rivaled since its first publication over sixty years ago. Photographs/scans available upon request.Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this book is universally acclaimed as the outstanding one-volume work on the subject of Western philosophy.Ĭonsidered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant philosophers throughout the ages-from Plato and Aristotle through to Spinoza, Kant and the twentieth century.

When the Author was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950, this title was mentioned as one of the books that won him the award. A totally un-restored 'honest' copy of this important survey of Western philosophy from pre-socratic philosophers to the early part of the 20th century. The D/W has had NO REPAIRS OR RESTORATION TO THE VERSO the extremities show a little chipping and creasing and a touch of fraying to the tip and tail of the spine (not affecting any lettering). The D/W is the correct first issue priced 21s net to the inside flap (as called for) which was printed on re-used war-time paper with a colour map printed on verso. History of Western Philosophy Collectors Edition By Anthony Gottlieb, Bertrand Russell Edition 1st Edition First Published 2009 eBook Published 1 March 2009 Pub. Base of spine slightly softened (due to the sheer size and weight of the book) otherwise a VG++ copy (with NO PREVIOUS OWNER'S INSCRIPTIONS and with just a touch of foxing to the page block edges (although a lot less than normally seen). Publisher's original oatmeal cloth with brown and yellow stamped lettering panels to the spine.

A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell