Reddit mentions of A History of Philosophy (Book Two: Volume IV - Descartes to Leibniz; Volume V - Hobbes to Hume; Volume VI - Wolff to Kant)

> I have bought Anthony Kenny's book 'A New History of Western Philosophy' because it gets praised quite often, and it is cheaper than Coupleston's books on this matter.

If you buy these editions of Copleston's history used, you can save a lot of money on the series. There are only three of them, and they are about six dollars each.

• Book One: Vol. I - Greece & Rome; Vol. II - Augustine to Scotus; Vol. III -Ockham to Suarez
  
  https://www.amazon.com/History-Philosophy-Book-One-Augustine/dp/0385230311/ref=sr_1_11?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478006054&sr=1-11&keywords=copleston+history+of+philosophy
  
  
• Book Two: Volume IV - Descartes to Leibniz; Volume V - Hobbes to Hume; Volume VI - Wolff to Kant
  
  https://www.amazon.com/History-Philosophy-Book-Two-Descartes/dp/038523032X/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478006054&sr=1-10&keywords=copleston+history+of+philosophy
  
  
• Book Three (Volume VII, Fichte to Nietzsche, Volume VIII, Bentham to Russell, Volume IX, Maine De Biran to Sartre)
  
  https://www.amazon.com/History-Philosophy-Nietzsche-Bentham-Russell/dp/0385230338/ref=sr_1_12?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1478006054&sr=1-12&keywords=copleston+history+of+philosophy
  
  I wish I had known about these editions before I went and bought the whole series individually.

Frederick Copleston's history of philosophy is one of the most reputable histories of philosophy available, and the first volume covers ancient Greek philosophy.

I have a word of advice about this particular history of philosophy. I started off buying just the volume on the ancient Greeks, thinking that that would be all I needed. Well, over time, I gradually bought more and more volumes, each time thinking it would be nice to have this or that volume.

Long story short, I ended up buying each volume individually, which was more expensive than if I had just bought the newer editions which each contain three volumes in one book. I'm referring to these:

Book 1, Volumes 1-3

Book 2, Volumes 4-6

Book 3, Volumes 7-9

So, if you're the sort of person who buys a lot of philosophy books, like I am, you should probably just buy those three now and save yourself a bunch of money.

If you're sure you'll only buy the one book, on the other hand, you can go ahead and buy this, which will be cheaper in that case:

Volume 1: Greece and Rome

Let me know if you have any questions.

And not just a good first look. Copleston is a master. Excellent for beginners...and for far beyond! I would highly recommend, u/guileus, acquiring a cheap set of Copletson's History of Philosophy. Amazon link to vol 1-3. There are more volumes (vol.4-6, vol.7-9) but vol.1-3 is all you need for Aquinas & Ockham.