A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great
philosophers--Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant,
Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana,
James, and Dewey--The Story of Philosophy is one of the great books of
our time. 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 any reader who wishes to survey the
history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.