==Background==The book was written during the Second World War, having its origins in a series of lectures on the history of philosophy that Russell gave at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia during 1941 and 1942.
Книга писалась в дни Второй мировой войны, она выросла из серии лекций по истории философии, которые Рассел читал в Фонде Барнса в Филадельфии в 1941 и 1942 годах.