A short, CRITICAL history of Philosophy (Chapter 1)

The overdue book on a very important topic

There are lots of histories of philosophy. Among the best known are Bertrand Russell’s A History of Western Philosophy, Will Durant’s The Story of Philosophy and my sometime friend Anthony Gottlieb’s two-volume take, The Dream of Reason and The Dream of Enlightenment. Each is informative and readable. What’s lacking is an account that states the obvious…