A History of Western Philosophy

And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

Bertrand Russell surveys Western philosophy from ancient Greece to the early twentieth century, connecting major philosophical ideas to their political and social settings. The book introduces thinkers and movements including the Greeks, medieval philosophy, rationalism, empiricism, Romanticism, and modern logical analysis. It presents philosophy as part of a broader intellectual and historical tradition rather than as isolated doctrines.

by Bertrand Russell