The Story of Philosophy
- Author Will Durant
- Narrator Grover Gardner
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Run Time 19 hours and 28 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Biography: general, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Philosophy.
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What to expect
The product of eleven years of research, The Story of Philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the world’s greatest thinkers, from Socrates to Santayana. Written with exacting and scrupulous scholarship, it was designed both to command the respect of educators and to capture the interest of the layman.
Durant lucidly describes the philosophical systems of such world-famous “monarchs of the mind” as Plato, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Kant, Voltaire, and Nietzsche. Along with their ideas, he offers their flesh-and-blood biographies, placing their thoughts within their own time and place and elucidating their influence on our modern intellectual heritage. This book is packed with wisdom and wit.
The Story of Philosophy is a key book for any listener who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the Western world.
Critics Review
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“A delight.”
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“Easily the most engaging writer of Western intellectual history in the English language, Will Durant breathes life into philosophers and their ideas. He is colorful, witty, and above all, informative.”
Amazon.com, editorial review
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