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Title: No competition for Russell
Review: This is a nice, easy going book. However the claim which the book makes on the cover that it, "supplants all others, even the immensely successful 'History of Western Philosophy' by Bertrand Russell," is absurd. Russell has a deep understand of philosophy, Gottlieb does not. This book is a superficial (but enjoyable) account of philosophy up to the Renaissance. If you've already read Russell (or have otherwise studied philosophy), this book is of little value. If you have not, reading Gottlieb might encourage you to read the real thing.
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