The first truly authoritative and accessible history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions.
Professor A. C. Grayling is Principal of the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern University, London, and a Supernumerary Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford. He has written and edited over thirty books on philosophy, history, science and current affairs. For several years he wrote columns for the Guardian newspaper and The Times and was the chairman of the 2014 Man Booker Prize.
A cerebrally enjoyable survey, written with great clarity and
touches of wit . . . The non-western section throws up some
fascinating revelations
*Sunday Times*
Grayling has written a masterful and often entertaining chronicle
of the epic intellectual journey we humans have taken, in different
periods, countries and cultures, to understand ourselves, our
world, and how we ought to live. An extraordinary accomplishment
that transcends the usual bounds of academic specialization
*Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics, Princeton
University*
Accurately offers itself as a successor to [Bertrand] Russell's
classic survey . . . No other popular survey possesses this range .
. . The History of Philosophy isn't just worth buying; it's worth
scribbling in and dog-earing. For a work of scholarship, there can
be no higher praise.
*Washington Post*
He's more historically-minded than Russell, less dogmatic than
Dawkins and less in thrall to the charms of his own fluency than
Hitchens
*Prospect on The Challenge of Things*
Undeniably thought-provoking
Grayling is particularly good at illuminating the knottiness of
moral discourse
Lucid, informative and admirably accessible
Grayling writes with clarity, elegance and the occasional
aphoristic twist
Five minutes with any passage will have you contemplating all
day
I find the clarity of his thinking so refreshing
If there is any such person in Britain as The Thinking Man, it is
A. C. Grayling
The History of Philosophy is an excellent overview of great
philosophical thought by an insightful practitioner of the field.
It is a credit to Grayling's abilities that he has penned such a
perspicuous book on some very difficult subjects-giving the a
reader a clear overview of the complexities of Scholastic logic,
Analytic philosophies of language and mind, and much else besides
is no easy feat, but Grayling has achieved it. This is a book to be
treasured, both as a guide to the subject and as a beautiful piece
of writing in itself, containing great insight and wisdom. It is a
testament to the continuing importance and value of philosophy.
*Aero Magazine*
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