伯特兰·罗素是英国20世纪最负盛名的哲学家。《西方的智慧》(1959年出版)是罗素继《西方哲学史》(1945年出版)之后写出的又一本哲学史力著。这是一部上起希腊的泰勒斯思想下迄当代的维特根斯坦观点的、内容函盖了大约2500年间整个西方哲学思想发展的简史。罗素的文笔向以清楚明白见长。《西方的智慧》对洋洋大观的西方哲学史做了高度凝缩,语言之清晰简明,让人有兴味一气读下来。著者以行云流水般的写作风格,吸 Bertrand Russell is Britain’s most famous philosopher in the 20th century. The Wisdom of the West (1959) is yet another force of philosophical history written by Russell after The History of Western Philosophy (1945). This is a Wittgenstein’s view from the time of the Thales thought of Greece to a contemporary one, covering a brief history of the development of the entire Western philosophy in about 2500 years. Russell’s style of writing to clearly understand. The Wisdom of the West has greatly condensed the history of western philosophy of the grand view. The language is clear and concise, which makes people interested to read it. Author to writing style, writing style