The History of Western Philosophy

ISBN 0-415-07854-7

"A survey of Western philosphy in relation to its environment, of such sweep and acuteness, alive in every nerve...a masterpiece of intellectual energy...the Socrates of our time." - A.L. Rowse

"A great philospher's lucid and magesterial look at the history of his own subject, wonderfully readable and enlightening." - The Observer

"Bertrand Russell's book is, so far as I'm aware, the first attempt to present a history of Western philosophy in relation to its social and economic background. As such and also as a brilliantly written expose of changing philosophical doctrines, it should be widely read." - Sir Julian Huxley

It is certain of a very wise adience, and is, in my opinion, just the kind of thing people ought to have to make them understand the past... . It may be one of the most valuable books of our time..." - G.M. Trevelyan