1955 History of Western Philosophy: and its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

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Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

In the publisher's original cloth binding. 

Fifth impression. 

Complete with the original clipped dust wrapper.

First published in 1945, this work offers a chronological overview of Western philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the early twentieth century, framed within the political and social contexts that shaped major thinkers. It became Russell’s best-selling book and has been translated into multiple languages. 

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a British philosopher, logician, historian, and social critic, and a founder of analytic philosophy. He was awarded the 1950 Nobel Prize in Literature “in recognition of his varied and significant writings."