A History of Western Philosophy

Name: A History of Western Philosophy
Author: Bertrand Russell

by Bertrand Russell

Survey of Western philosophical thought from ancient Greece through modern era

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Bertrand Russell

Nobel Prize-winning British philosopher, mathematician, and social critic whose work in logic and the foundations of mathematics transformed those disciplines. A History of Western Philosophy is the most read philosophical survey in English. He was also a tireless campaigner for pacifism, nuclear disarmament, and sexual liberation.

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