A review by rossbm
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers by Will Durant

2.0

Listened to it on Audiobook. Nice to get an overview of different philosopohers. Some were more interesting than others. Makes me want to read Schopenhauer. Hopefully he is easier to read than Nietzsche. Reading (listening to?) "The Story of Philosophy" also made me want to try and read "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" again, which I have never been able to make heads or tails of. Having some background might help. I enjoyed the early philosophers like Spinoza or Aristotle. There are some questionable choices like Herbert Spencer. It was interesting that "The Story of Philosophy" was written back in the 1920s. It would be interesting to read a more modern book in this style. This book dragged on in places.