The Great Books of The Western World (Vol.2 of 2): " The Great Conversation About Great Ideas ": Volume 2

Peculiar book that states it is edited by someone who provides no introduction to the selected articles nor the editor's ("author's") biography. It is merely a RANDOM selection of WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES. Seriously. Who knew someone could profit by printing Wikipedia articles and selling them on Amazon? Volume 1 was at least printed in readable font and quality. Volume 2 was barely readable and returned, but the replacement was no better. Don't waste your money. It is merely someone's (who? no introduction and no biography) idea of a selection of the Great Books as described BY WIKIPEDIA, not even himself. Really bizarre.

At first it seems impressive that a single individual could accumulate such a vast understanding of Werstern Philosophy from Thales to Dewey. At first it seems that the work is well researched, objective, and only humorously judgemental at times. . . And for the first five-hundred pages these feelings seem to preside. Yet, when Russell reaches what, to me, is the important period of Philosophy, namely the modern period from the Rennaisance till the present, I find that Russell's analysis of each philosopher begins to grow shallower, leading not to a decent caricature or snapshot of the work in question, but more to a wholly unfair criticism of all those Russell finds himself at odds with.