Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God PDF

William James Durant war ein produktiver amerikanischer Schriftsteller, Historiker und Philosoph. Er ist am bekanntesten für das 11-bändige Buch The Story of Civilization, das in Zusammenarbeit mit seiner Frau Ariel geschrieben und zwischen 1935 und 1975 veröffentlicht wurde. Früher wurde er für sein 1926 geschriebenes Buch The Story of Philosophy bekannt, das als „a bahnbrechende Arbeit, die zur Popularisierung der Philosophie beitrug." Sie wurden 1967 mit dem Pulitzer-Preis für Literatur und 1977 mit der Presidential Medal of Freedom ausgezeichnet.

Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God pdf von Will Durant

Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death. The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of one of the world’s greatest minds, a man with a renowned talent for rendering the insights of the past accessible. Over the course of Durant’s career he received numerous letters from “curious readers who have challenged me to speak my mind on the timeless questions of human life and fate.” With Fallen Leaves, his final book, he at last accepted their challenge. In twenty-two short chapters, Durant addresses everything from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art. Fallen Leaves is “a thought-provoking array of opinions” (Publishers Weekly), offering elegant prose, deep insights, and Durant’s revealing conclusions about the perennial problems and greatest joys we face as a species. In Durant’s singular voice, here is a message of insight for everyone who has ever sought meaning in life or the counsel of a learned friend while navigating life’s journey.