It is clear, well-explained, amply researched, smoothly written, dryly witty in places and infused with respect for the achievements of the past’ Colin McGinn, LA Times ’Here is a journalist’s book about half the history of philosophy, and a lively thing it is too. The Dream of Reason is an ideal way to make this acquaintance. I can’t wait’ Shusha Guppy, Independent ’Everyone should have some acquaintance with the history of Greek thought. PENGUIN BOOKS THE DREAM OF REASON ’This superb manual for mental travellers delivers inspiration as well as consolation… It is wonderfully lucid, tactfully instructive and elegantly written… It ends tantalizingly, with the arrival of Descartes and the advent of modern philosophy, which Gottlieb will tackle in a second volume.
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