“Never has the story…been told so well…[A] wonderful book”

- Myles Burnyeat,
New York Review of Books

“In his hands, the history of philosophy is endlessly entertaining and frequently instructive.”

- Sir Anthony Kenny,
Times Literary Supplement

“..vivid and illuminating” 

- Thomas Nagel,
New York Review of Books

“I have never seen a discussion of philosophy as fun to read..”

 - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Wondrously perceptive”

- Edward O. Wilson