The Dream of Reason: From the Greeks to the Renaissance
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“Delightfully written…. His book deserves to be the standard historical introduction for students and general readers, supplanting all others, even the immensely successful History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell”
A. C. Grayling, The Independent on Sunday “Gottlieb’s Dream of Reason is a delight. It is written with both wit and scholarship, providing a wonderful overall picture of Western philosophy up to the Renaissance.” Sir Roger Penrose “The book invites comparison with Bertrand Russell's monumental History of Western Philosophy...but Gottlieb's book is less idiosyncratic and based on more recent scholarship… Everyone should have some acquaintance with the history of Greek thought. The Dream of Reason is an ideal way to make this acquaintance. It is clear, well-explained, amply researched, smoothly written, drily witty in places and infused with respect for the achievements of the past.” Colin McGinn, Los Angeles Times “A very striking merit of the book is the way in which it is not just a parade of conclusions, as short histories of philosophy often turn out to be, but an array of lucidly presented arguments…It takes nothing for granted about its readers’ knowledge and credits them only with literacy and intelligence.” Anthony Quinton, The Economist |
Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears
in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages.
in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages.
I read it so you don’t have to: buy audiobook version narrated by the author