"The History of Western Philosophy" is B. Russell's most famous, fundamental work. First published in 1945, this book is a comprehensive study of the development of Western European philosophical thought - from the emergence of Greek civilization to the 20s of the twentieth century. Albert Einstein called it “a work of the highest pedagogical value, standing above the conflicts of groups and opinions.” Classical Hellas and Rome, the Catholic “Church Fathers”, the great scholastics, the humanists of the Renaissance and the brilliant philosophers of the New Age - Russell’s monumental work has a place for them all, and the last chapter of the book is devoted to his own theory of poetic analysis.