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Will durants most popular book is the story of philosophy. In this compact summation of their work, will and ariel durant share the vital and profound lessons of our collec. Not only has the text aged well, the narrator reads it well. About the author will durant 18851981 was awarded the. It is the story of the writings of those philosophers who, for whatever reason, durant wants to highlight. Free download or read online the story of civilization pdf epub book.
The product of eleven years of research, the story of philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the worlds greatest thinkers, from socrates to santayana. He is best known for the 11volume the story of civilization, written in collaboration with his wife ariel and published between. The product of 11 years of research, the story of philosophy is an endlessly inspiring and instructive chronicle of the worlds greatest thinkers. The age of voltaire audiobook by will durant, ariel. The story of philosophy is a key book for any reader who wishes to survey the history and development of philosophical ideas in the western world. What, if anything, can be learned by studying history. A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophersplato, aristotle, bacon, spinoza, voltaire, kant, schopenhauer, spencer, nietzsche, bergson, croce, russell. From kant to william james and the american pragmatists durant, will, gardner, grover on.
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