Story Of Philosophy By Will Durant !new! < OFFICIAL >

He sought to remedy this by treating philosophers not as marble busts or abstract logic machines, but as living, breathing human beings reacting to the chaos of their times.

: Originally written to bring high-level philosophy to those without a college education, the book uses engaging narrative and witty asides to make dense material understandable for general readers. story of philosophy by will durant

The "philosopher of pessimism" gets a sympathetic treatment. Durant explains Schopenhauer’s concept of the Will to Live —a blind, insatiable hunger that drives all life, resulting in endless suffering. Yet Durant rescues the chapter with Schopenhauer’s solutions: art, music, and asceticism. He sought to remedy this by treating philosophers