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History of Western Philosophy
History of Western Philosophy | Bertrand Russell
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. Considered 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. 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. 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. In seventy-six chapters he traces philosophy from the rise of Greek civilization to the emergence of logical analysis in the twentieth century. Among 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.
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Priya2012

"To teach how to live without certainty,and yet without being paralysed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy, in our age, can still do for those who study it."
History of western philosophy , Bertrand Russell

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speljamr
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You know it's an old edition when it says...

Lcsmcat I have a few with that notice in them. 6y
8little_paws Oh wow! I've never seen this. 6y
speljamr How easily we forget in our time what it was like to have to ration things. 6y
readordierachel Whoa! Yes, something we don't think about now. 6y
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Finally finished this beast! Sooo long and I definitely think I drifted away in the middle and understand the material after Descartes much less than the stuff before, but who genuinely understands Hegel anyway?

Autumnlong Truly! 😂 7y
Billypar Very nice! I have a shelf of Philosophy books from college that I probably read very little of for the courses that assigned them, but I refuse to get rid of them in the hopes that I'll get back to them 'one day' 🤓 7y
Emilymdxn @Autumnlong people who say they do are lying clearly 7y
Emilymdxn @Billypar I‘m trying to learn about philosophy in the aftermath of my literature degree but it‘s slow going 😕 7y
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I‘m starting off my #25infive readathon challenge with my usual audiobook listening at work - I‘m spending most of today putting letters in envelopes so having some philosophy to keep me awake and help me feel like I‘m learning something is essential! About four hours of listening at work, then back to The Stolen Bicycle for the booker long list after my evening class!

Suet624 You‘re reminding me to read some Russell again. 7y
Andrew65 Welcome aboard. 😊 7y
Jess7 🤗🤗 7y
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Emilymdxn
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Making slow but steady progress on this monster of a book! I‘m really enjoying it and love the voice artist who‘s doing it. It makes me feel like I ought to read something on Muslim or middle eastern philosophy to balance out how European-centric this is - I know the clue is in the title that it‘s very western but I wanna find something to help my knowledge be more balanced

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Emilymdxn
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Finally conquering this beast from my #tbr!

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speljamr
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One of my older TBRs.

#MountTBRChallenge #OldestTBRbook

ptkpepe98 That book is a treasure!💞💞💞 7y
speljamr @ptkpepe98 I found it long ago at a Library sale. 7y
tournevis Ugh. The (not so very good) memories of my history of thought class back in 1992. 7y
annkuch13 I spy Darth Plagueis! That's still one of my favorites even though it's Legends. 7y
DivaDiane Nice. 7y
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lindsaycree
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Really enjoying this classic, even if it is a bit outdated 😌

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AdrianRivi

"I saw eternity the other night,
Like a great ring of pure and endless light,
All calm, as it was bright;
And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years,
Driven by the spheres
Like a vast shadow moved; in which the world
And all her train were hurled."

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AdrianRivi

"You cannot step twice into the same river; for fresh waters are ever flowing in upon you."