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Written by Will Durant - Narrated by Grover Gardner (one of the "best voices of the century" --AudioFile Magazine - Unabridged Nonfiction - 8 COMPACT DISCS

Publisher, Audio Partners (September 2004)

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Received the coveted AudioFile Magazine's 'Earphones Award' (June / July 2005) for exceptional narrative voice and style, vocal characterization, appropriateness for audio format and enhancement of the text!

“[Durant’s work is] thought provoking and in the deepest sense, moving.” --The Los Angeles Times Book Review

"A delight." --The New York Times

"There are certain passages [in Will Durant's writings] which may well bear comparison for sheer literary power with anything in contemporary literature." --New York Herald Tribune

The Story of Philosophy has sold more than two-million copies since its publication in 1926.

The most engaging writer of Western intellectual history summarizes the lives, ideas and influence of philosophy's greatest thinkers. The Story of Philosophy is recognized as the seminal work in the field.

From Plato to Voltaire and the French Enlightenment

From Kant to William James and the American Pragmatists

Spanning the 5th century B.C. to the 20th century A.D., The Story of Philosophy is a timeless overview of Western thought. Will Durant's goal was to humanize knowledge by centering the story around certain dominant personalities, including Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Francis Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey. He brilliantly illustrates how philosophy has evolved over time, explaining the historical, cultural, and political context of each movement and each great thinker.

The bestselling philosophy book of the past century, this masterpiece of eloquent, clear prose continues to fascinate.

About the Author: Will Durant (1885-1981) received a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Columbia University. He completed The Story of Philosophy in 1926. Later, he and his wife Ariel spent more than 50 years writing The Story of Civilization. He was awarded both the Pulitzer Prize, (1968) and the Medal of Freedom (1977). Throughout his life, Durant was passionate in his quest to bring philosophy out of academia and into the lives of everyone.

About the Narrator: Grover Gardner, with a distinguished career reading audiobooks, has been named by AudioFile magazine as a “Voice of the Century.” He also reads Will Durant’s Heroes of History and The Lessons of History.