Books like A History of Western Philosophy

A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell reads as analytical, comprehensive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The great conversation

Norman Melchert · 1991

Both explore intellectual history & ethics

74% genome match

History of Western Philosophy

Bertrand Russell · 2000

Both explore western thought & intellectual history

77% genome match

A history of philosophy

Frederick Charles Copleston · 1900

Both explore intellectual history & epistemology

71% genome match

Socrates to Sartre and beyond

Samuel Enoch Stumpf · 2002

Both explore western thought & ethics

70% genome match

The making of the modern mind

John Herman Randall Jr. · 1926

Both explore intellectual history & western thought

69% genome match

Looking at philosophy

Donald Palmer · 1988

Both explore epistemology & ethics

67% genome match

Living issues in philosophy

Harold H. Titus · 1946

Both explore ethics & epistemology

66% genome match

Classics of Western Philosophy

Steven M. Cahn · 2002

Both explore ethics & epistemology

66% genome match

Modern philosophy

Roger Scruton · 1994

Both explore ethics & epistemology

62% genome match

The Greek philosophers

W. K. C. Guthrie · 1950

Both explore ethics & epistemology

63% genome match

The Humanistic Tradition

Gloria K. Fiero · 1981

Both explore intellectual history & philosophy

59% genome match

The 100 most influential books ever written

Martin Seymour-Smith · 1998

Both explore intellectual history & philosophy

58% genome match