who with Will Durant's wife, Ariel, spent several decades writing an amazing series of books called The Story of Philosophy

When the subject is ethics, I’m always drawn to a simple statement made by Will Durant, who with Will Durant's wife, Ariel, spent several decades writing an amazing series of books called The Story of Philosophy.

William Durant

William Durant wrote The Story of Philosophy in 1926, as “a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy”.

to Will Durant author of The Story of Philosophy

As this blog points out, the quote should really be attributed to Will Durant author of The Story of Philosophy, because Philosophyis Aristotle's interpretation of what Aristotle would have said if Aristotlespoke English.

WIll and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Philosophy

Why, just as I started as a philosophy major in college, I would read WIll and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Philosophy (originally published in 1926).

Historian Will Durant

Historian Will Durant, in Historian Will Durant's delightful book, The Story of Philosophy does that as Historian Will Durantpens a beautiful description for Historian Will Durant's love of ideas and philosophy.

Will Durant’s admirable book :

Grad school piqued my interest in philosophy, and once I had free time to read what I wanted (i.e. once I graduated), my first foray into the daunting ocean of philosophy was Will Durant’s admirable book The Story of Philosophy:

Bryan Magee's books, which have been translated into more than twenty languages,

Bryan Magee's books, which have been translated into more than twenty languages, include The Story of Philosophy.

Ibn Sina

a book on philosophy was written by Ibn Sina.

William Robert Scott

However, before and after that work, William Robert Scott wrote on the history of philosophy, particularly on Francis Hutcheson and Adam Smith.