The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers from Plato to John Dewey
- New York Pocket Books 2006
- xxx, 704 p.
A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers, from Plato to Dewey.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 anyone who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.