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Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) was a famous English philosopher, mathematician and public figure, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. To this list can be added: a great enlightener and freethinker, for no wonder he is often called the Voltaire of the twentieth century. It is these talents that Russell demonstrated best in his all-time bestseller, The History of Western Philosophy. In any case, to this day, it is one of the few publications that can interest a reader who is, of course, educated but not involved in philosophy. According to the equally well-known writer Jorge Luis Borges, it is with this book, among five others, that he would not be bored even on the moon. The study presents in a popular form the history of Western philosophy from its birth in Hellenic antiquity to the last century. It differs from traditional histories of philosophy primarily in that the author does not bow his head in awe of his great predecessors. He himself has a considerable weight in the history of philosophy, so he speaks to them on an equal footing.