About This Book
A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers--Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James and Dewey--The Story of Philosophy is one of the great books of our time. The Story of Philo...
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Reading Time Estimates
16h 48m
slow reader
180 WPM
12h 6m
average reader
250 WPM
8h 39m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 181,500 wordsπ
25 days at 30 min/day
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13 h 27 min
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20 h 10 min
Audio 2x
10 h 5 min
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- π 25 daysΒ reading 30 min/day
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