Bertrand Russell's single volume survey of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the early twentieth century, written for general readers and long used as an accessible narrative overview, though scholars have noted it reflects Russell's own philosophical judgments on several figures.
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AuthorBertrand Russell
PublisherGeorge Allen and Unwin
Publication Year1945
Source TypeAcademic Monograph
Reliability Tier2
Disputed
NotesRead alongside more recent scholarship rather than as a sole authority.
Valued as a readable narrative but scholars regard several of its judgments, especially on Nietzsche and on the Scholastics, as idiosyncratic rather than representative of mainstream historiography. Sources
A History of Western Philosophy
Bertrand Russell, George Allen and Unwin, 1945
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