The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers

Signed on the first page (see picture): Will Durant

Clean text. No dust jacket.

Good condition with tear to top 1/4 inch of cloth board at top of spine.

This book has been considered ground-breaking work that helped to popularize philosophy. The Story of Philosophy originated as a series of Little Blue Books (educational pamphlets which were aimed at workers) and because it was so popular, it was republished as a hardcover book by Simon & Schuster in 1926 and became a bestseller, giving the Durants the financial independence that allowed them to travel the world several times and spend four decades writing The Story of Civilization.

From Perlego...

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.