Already a classic, this landmark account of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages.The Dream of Reasontakes a fresh look at the writings of the great thinkers of classic philosophy and questions many pieces of conventional wisdom. The book invites comparison with Bertrand Russell's monumentalHistory of Western Philosophy, "but Gottlieb's book is less idiosyncratic and based on more recent scholarship" (Colin McGinn,Los Angeles Times). ANew York TimesNotable Book, aLos Angeles TimesBest Book, and aTimes Literary SupplementBest Book of 2001.