The Philosophers: Their Lives and the Nature of their Thought
"The book is immensely stimulating, and the author...is prodigiously learned not merely in philosophy but in psychology."--The Economist"Essential for anyone who proposes to 'understand'--or even to appreciate--the intensely personal product of every specific individual's needs, fears, and longings which make up the standard canon of philosophical works."*"Essential for anyone who proposes to 'understand'--or even to appreciate--the intensely personal product of every specific individual's needs, fears, and longings which make up the standard canon of philosophical works....[Scharfstein] provides, on almost every page, a new way of thinking about philosophy and philosophers."--W.A. Herr, The Critic"Fascinating reading."--Inquiry