Wisdom of the West [Hardcover]

Bertrand Russell (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Crescent (August 2, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0517690411
• ISBN-13: 978-0517690413
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #776,218 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars beautiful book, very important for teachers, January 29, 2012

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I discovered this book by reading Jacques Lacan but I did'nt find this book in the store called "Wsmith" in Paris, because it was OP ; but I found it on Amazon and it's a pleasure to "waste time" with Russell, who wrote this philosophical book as rigourously as possible. This book is to find (it's diffucult for French people !) and to read with pleasure.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Communicator Bertrand Russell, November 21, 2011

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Bertrand Russell (1872- 1970) was a great philosopher and communicator as well as having the common touch in joining protest movements. Although he is remembered for Principia, the most important treatise on logic in the 20th Century, he also wrote and lectured on politics, religion, philosophy and the pursuit of happiness. Wisdom of the West is a handsome 320 page book with plenty of photographs and illustrations that blend into the text. An outstanding feature are diagrams used to convey the essential ideas.

This survey of Western philosophy starts from pre-Socratic to early Christianity, Jewish philosophy to Dante, Bacon to Kant, Hegel to Marx and Sartre to Jaspers and ending in Wittgenstein. There is a personal quality in the writing with the author giving his opinions. If you only want one book in your library on the big name philosophers this is the one.