Books like The Story of Philosophy

The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant reads as informative, accessible. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

From Socrates to Sartre

T. Z. Lavine · 1984

Both explore ethics & knowledge

72% genome match

The Dream of Reason

Anthony Gottlieb · 2000

Both explore knowledge & ethics

69% genome match

Socrates to Sartre and beyond

Samuel Enoch Stumpf · 2002

Both explore ethics

67% genome match

Philosophy

Edward Craig · 2002

Both explore knowledge & ethics

67% genome match

Ideas and opinions

Albert Einstein · 1954

Both explore ethics

65% genome match

A history of philosophy

Frederick Charles Copleston · 1900

Both explore ethics

66% genome match

Core Questions in Philosophy

Elliott Sober · 1991

Both explore ethics

65% genome match

The Greek philosophers

W. K. C. Guthrie · 1950

Both explore ethics

66% genome match

Early Greek Philosophy

John Burnet · 1892

Both explore ethics & knowledge

64% genome match

Introduction to Philosophy

John Perry · 1999

Both explore ethics

65% genome match

What does it all mean?

Thomas Nagel · 1987

Both explore knowledge & ethics

61% genome match

An introduction to the history of psychology

B. R. Hergenhahn · 1986

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match