AUTHORITATIVE AND ACCESSIBLE THIS LANDMARK WORK IS THE FIRST SINGLE-VOLUME HISTORY OF
PHILOSOPHY SHARED FOR DECADES 'A cerebrally enjoyable survey written with great clarity and
touches of wit' Sunday Times The story of philosophy is an epic tale: an exploration of the
ideas views and teachings of some of the most creative minds known to humanity. But there has
been no comprehensive history of this great intellectual journey since 1945. Intelligible for
students and eye-opening for philosophy readers A. C. Grayling covers with characteristic
clarity and elegance subjects like epistemology metaphysics ethics logic and the philosophy
of mind as well as the history of debates in these areas through the ideas of celebrated
philosophers as well as less well-known influential thinkers. The History of Philosophy takes
the reader on a journey from the age of the Buddha Confucius and Socrates. Through
Christianity's dominance of the European mind to the Renaissance and Enlightenment. On to Mill
Nietzsche Sartre then the philosophical traditions of India China and the Persian-Arabic
world. And finally into philosophy today.
