This book was a classic in philosophy - as well as in the history
of philosophy - when it first appeared, and it continues to be so
today. Instead of enumerating the opinions of individual
philosophers or the contrasting dogmas of philosophical schools, it
shows in a brilliant way the life of philosophical thought from
century to century, its connection with the social and intellectual
situation of the different periods, its inner tensions, its growth
and decay, and, above all, the fruits of philosophical endeavor for
Western civilization in all its expressions. Paul Tillich
One or another recent book may be breezier or more frolicsome. But
Windelband is a just and clear guide. And the reader of his
'History' who decides to examine the original writings of the great
philosophers themselves will be enriched for having been introduced
to them by Windelband. Justus Buchler
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