"His book...supplant[s] all others, even the immensely successful
History of Western Philosophy
by Bertrand Russell."—A. C. Grayling
Already a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. This landmark study of Western thought takes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions many pieces of conventional wisdom. The book invites comparison with Bertrand Russell's monumental
, "but Gottlieb's book is less idiosyncratic and based on more recent scholarship" (Colin McGinn,
Los Angeles Times
). A
New York Times
Notable Book, a
Best Book, and a
Times Literary Supplement
Best Book of 2001.