How long does it take to read A History of Western Philosophy?
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell takes about 16 hours 25 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 16 hours 25 minutes
A long haul
First published 1945. 895 pages, about 246,125 words.
33 days (about 5 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 27 hours 21 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 16 hours 25 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 10 hours 15 minutes |
The page count is the median across 21 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
[The author's] purpose is to exhibit philosophy as an integral part of social and political life: not as the isolated speculations of remarkable individuals, but as both an effect and a cause of the character of the various communities in which different systems flourished.-Pref.
Subjects: Western influences, Philosophy, Political science, History, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Filosofie
