First published in 1946 History of Western Philosophy went on to become thebestselling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitiousproject i... » 

First published in 1946 History of Western Philosophy went on to become thebestselling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitiousproject it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction toWestern philosophy. Providing a sophisticated overview of the ideas that haveperplexed people from time immemorial Russells History of Western Philosophyoffered a cogent precis of its subject. Of course this cannot be the onlyreason it ended up the bestselling philosophy book of the twentieth century.Russells book was long on wit intelligence and curmudgeonly scepticism asthe New York Times noted and it is this coupled with the sheer brilliance ofits scholarship that has made Russells History of Western Philosophy one ofthe most important philosophical works of all time. «