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For a book that covers more than 100 individual thinkers spanning 2,500 years, the level of both detail and accuracy is admirable.” - Wall Street Journal Surveying in tandem the great philosophical traditions of India, China, and the Persian-Arabic world, and astonishing in its range and accessibility, Grayling’s The History of Philosophy is destined to be a landmark work. Grayling takes the reader from the age of the Buddha, Confucius, and Socrates through Christianity’s capture of the European mind, from the Renaissance and Enlightenment on to Mill, Nietzsche, Sartre and, finally, philosophy today. With characteristic clarity and elegance, A. But not since the long-popular classic by Bertrand Russell, A History of Western Philosophy, published in 1945, has there been a comprehensive and entertaining single-volume history of this great, intellectual, world-shaping journey. It explores some of the most creative minds in history. The story of philosophy is an epic tale, spanning civilizations and continents. The first authoritative and accessible single-volume history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions, from one of the world’s most eminent thinkers “A witty, learned, authoritative survey of philosophical thought.” - The New York Times Book Review
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