The History of Western Philosophy

[Anonymous No.8807594]

Just bought pic related. Is it good? Will it help me later on when I read the philosophers he writes about in this book?

[Anonymous No.8807718]

I found it useful and quite an enjoyable read, though Russell's far from impartial. It might be worth reading up on him so you can understand where he was coming from.

[Anonymous No.8807727]

Horrible, you are going to end knowing less than before.

[Twiggy !zf/ZW7mGp6 No.8807728]

Wittgenstein once remarked to Maurice O'Connor Drury, "Russell's books should be bound in two colours: those dealing with mathematical logic in red -- and all students of philosophy should read them; those dealing with ethics and politics in blue -- and no one should be allowed to read them."

[Anonymous No.8807734]

It's dreadful, Russell is quite ignorant of most philosophies.

[Anonymous No.8807751]

>>8807728
Wittgenstein was so drole.

[Anonymous No.8807763]

>>8807594
>Is it good?
No.
Get pic related,

[Anonymous No.8809434]

Guess I got fucked, since I already bought it.

[Anonymous No.8809445]

>>8807594
No. Just start with the Greeks.

[Anonymous No.8809452]

>>8807594

It's a fine read and an adequate intro to philosophy only up to the last third where he gets embarassingly bad. I suggest replacing that part with Robert Scruton's Short History of Modern Philosophy.

[Anonymous No.8809453]

It's not as bad as people itt are saying, hell, it's good if you know nothing about phil.
However don't expect it to be impartial, there are chapters like the ones pertaining to Nietzsche or Marx that are hilariously biased

[Anonymous No.8809456]

>>8807594
>2016
>reading any "Introduction To..." books
seriously you can just get all this information on the Internet

Read synopses of philosophers on Wikipedia

Read the ones you think are interesting

Read their influences

Read the Greeks

It's not hard

[Anonymous No.8809465]

>>8807594
It's good up to Rousseau

[Anonymous No.8809607]

It's the best Philosophy survey i've ever read... That may have something to do with the fact it's the only Philosophy survey i've ever read.

[Anonymous No.8809678]

He shits on Aristotle and was a cuckold. There has to be some correlation here.

[Anonymous No.8809688]

>>8807763

>mfw reading this now and just got to Plato on self-perception

[Anonymous No.8809698]

>>8807594
It`s a piece of shit. But it is better than nothing hopefully if you don`t buy into the whole muh spiritual greek philosphers thing russel tries to get going.

[Anonymous No.8809869]

>>8809456
this to be completely honest

[Anonymous No.8809905]

>>8809456
>Reading Wikipedia is better than reading books written by experts in their field
>Trying to understand philosophers who have been dead for centuries or millennia without any guide to knowledge of their cultural and intellectual context or even their vocabulary
>The Greeks meme
This is how people become pseuds

[Anonymous No.8809923]

>>8809905

You are one of those people who know what other people know, and know their arguments, but can't make your own arguments, and therefore don't know anything.

Kind of like Russel and Wikipedia

[Anonymous No.8809933]

You should read Kenny's History or Coppleston's series.

[Anonymous No.8810684]

>>8809905
>the greeks meme meme

Srsly kid

[Anonymous No.8810690]

>>8807594
Begin with Kant and it should be a breeze

[Anonymous No.8811952]

I heard this one was better

[Anonymous No.8811981]

>>8811952
It is

[Anonymous No.8811995]

>>8807594
>The History of Western Philosophy
>written by an English scholar
>Is it good?
And what do you think?

[Anonymous No.8811998]

is there a book on every philosophy that ever existed

[Anonymous No.8812016]

>>8811998
My diary desu

[Anonymous No.8812034]

>>8811952
Definitely