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Will Durant

6 key ideas, each explained in our own words.

The Story of Philosophy

  1. IDEA 1

    Philosophy is perspective

    Durant defines philosophy as seeing things whole. It connects specialised knowledge into understanding.

  2. IDEA 2

    Learn through lives

    He tells the history of philosophy through the lives of Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche and others.

  3. IDEA 3

    Ideas answer their times

    Each philosopher responded to the problems of their era. Context explains much.

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