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A History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell · 1945

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The bar next to each date shows how long ago it was said: 6d is days, 4yr is years.

Cosma Rohilla Shalizi liked it affiliate
But I will also ask you to appreciate the spectacle of a genuinely great philosopher earnestly engaging with the history of the tradition that shaped him, and how that tradition had lived in the world.

on bactra.org · 31 Oct 2020

Amjad Masad loved it
My favorite books so far: A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russel, The Guide to the Good Life by William Braxton, and the Philosophize This! podcast.

on amasad.me · 13 Jan 2016

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That little bar

It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

A striped bar means the date itself is an estimate — the source did not carry an exact one. An entry with no date at all gets no bar.