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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Bertrand Russell |
| ISBN: | 0415325056 9780415325059 |
| OCLC Number: | 54975984 |
| Description: | xi, 778 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Ancient philosophy: Pre-Socratics; Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle; Ancient philosophy after Aristotle -- Catholic philosophy: Fathers; Schoolmen -- Modern philosophy: From the Renaissance to Hume; From Rousseau to the present day. |
| Series Title: | Routledge classics. |
| Responsibility: | Bertrand Russell. |
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'Remains unchallenged as the perfect introduction to its subject ... exactly the kind of philosophy that most people would like to read, but which only Russell could possibly have written.' - Ray Monk, University of Southampton, UK 'Beautiful and luminous prose, not merely classically clear but scrupulously honest.' - Isaiah Berlin 'It is a witty bird's-eye view of the main figures in Western thought enlivened by references to the personalities and quirks of the thinkers themselves.' - The Week 'A great philosopher's lucid and magisterial look at the history of his own subject, wonderfully readable and enlightening.' - The Observer Read more...
