Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers by Will Durant Paperback Book

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Rent Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

Author: Will Durant

Format: Mass Market Paperback, Paperback, Unabridged-CD, Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Pocket Books

Published: Jan 1991

Genre: Philosophy - General

Retail Price: $9.99

Pages: 543

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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 nonspecialist 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.

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