The Story of Philosophy

will durant grover gardner

subtitle: From Kant to William James & the American Pragmatists
From German idealism to American pragmatism, Volume Two examines the lives and ideas of Kant, Schopenhauer, Herbert Spencer, Nietzsche, Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce, Bertrand Russell, George Santayana, William James, and John Dewey. Durant's witty, eloquent prose and brilliant analyses make the subject of philosophy both approachable and inspirational.

This audiobook is 1162 minutes long.

Genres philosophynonfictionhistorybiographyclassicsaudiobookpsychologyunfinishedsciencereference

1162 pages, audio cd

First published January 1,1926

This edition

Format: 1162 pages, audio cd
Published: September 20, 2004 by BBC Audiobooks America
ISBN: 9781572704206
ASIN: 1572704209
Language: English

About the author

will durant

William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for the 11-volume The Story of Civilization, written in collaboration with his wife Ariel and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for his book, The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926, which was considered "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy."

They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1967 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.