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Western philosophy, the part of philosophical thought and work of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the pre-Socratics.
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Western philosophy originated in Ancient Greece in the 6th...
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Western philosophy originated in Ancient Greece in the 6th century BCE with the pre-Socratics. They attempted to provide rational explanations of the cosmos as a whole. The philosophy following them was shaped by Socrates (469–399 BCE), Plato (427–347 BCE), and Aristotle (384–322 BCE).
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The book was written during the Second World War, having its origins in a series of lectures on the history of philosophy that Russell gave at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia during 1941 and 1942.Much of the historical research was done by Russell's third wife Patricia. In 1943, Russell received an advance of $3000 from the publishers, and be...
The work is divided into three books, each of which is subdivided into chapters; each chapter generally deals with a single philosopher, school of philosophy, or period of time.
Contemporary reviews
According to British philosopher A.C. Grayling, "Almost all those who reviewed Russell's now famous History of Western Philosophy when it first appeared in 1945 were agreed about two things: first, that it is beautifully written, witty, clear, lucid and magisterial; and second, that it is not always accurate in its account of the thinkers it covers, nor always fair to them." Russell was somewhat dismayed at the mixed reception, especially from academic reviewers. He himself described the text...
Later assessments
The critic George Steiner, writing in Heidegger (1991), described A History of Western Philosophy as "vulgar", noting that Russell omits any mention of Martin Heidegger. In Jon Stewart's anthology The Hegel Myths and Legends (1996), Russell's work is listed as a book that has propagated "myths" about Hegel. Stephen Houlgate writes that Russell's claim that Hegel's doctrine of the state justifies any form of tyranny is ignorant. The philosopher Roger Scruton, writing in A Short History of Mode...
A History of Philosophy by Frederick CoplestonLectures on the History of Philosophy by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelA New History of Western Philosophy by Anthony KennyThe Dream of Reason (2000) and The Dream of Enlightenment (2016) by Anthony GottliebSources
1. Ray Monk (2000). Bertrand Russell: The Ghost of Madness. London. ISBN 9780743212151.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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Western philosophy, history of Western philosophy from the ancient Greeks to the present. This article relates philosophical ideas and movements to their historical background and traces the changing conception of the definition, function, and task of philosophy.
Western philosophy is the school of thinking of Western civilization. Generally, it is seen to start with the philosophy of Ancient Greece. Its early devleopment mainly occurred in Europe and the countries around the Mediterranean.
Jun 30, 2008 · Considered to be one of the most important philosophical works of all time, the History of Western Philosophy is a dazzlingly unique exploration of the ideologies of significant...
Mar 21, 2018 · 1.2.1.1 Philosophical Thoughts. The emergence and development of the bourgeois philosophy from the late sixteenth to seventeenth centuries was a revolution of Western classic philosophy, as well as a magnificent era of philosophical development.
