The Story of Philosophy, by Will Durant

The book is brand new. The Story of Philosophy is a 1926 nonfiction book by historian Will Durant that provides an accessible, chronological account of Western philosophy, profiling the lives and ideas of the world’s greatest thinkers. Published by Simon & Schuster, the work aims to synthesize complex philosophical concepts into a narrative that highlights the economic, cultural, and personal contexts that shaped each thinker’s views. The book is structured into eleven chapters, beginning with Socrates and Plato and progressing through major figures such as Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Emmanuel Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, and Friedrich Nietzsche. The final chapters cover early 20th-century thinkers, including Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey.