Heroes of History : a Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age pdf

William James Durant était un écrivain, historien et philosophe américain prolifique. Il est surtout connu pour les 11 volumes The Story of Civilization, écrits en collaboration avec sa femme Ariel et publiés entre 1935 et 1975. Il était auparavant connu pour son livre, The Story of Philosophy, écrit en 1926, qui était considéré comme "un œuvre révolutionnaire qui a contribué à populariser la philosophie. » Ils ont reçu le prix Pulitzer de littérature en 1967 et la médaille présidentielle de la liberté en 1977.

Heroes of History : a Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age pdf par Will Durant

In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces -- The Story of Civilization. Durant completed twenty-one of a proposed twenty-three chapters before his death in 1981, at the age of ninety-six. Those chapters span thousands of years of human history -- from Confucius to Shakespeare, from the Roman Empire to the Reformation, finally ending in the eighteenth century. The manuscript was recently found by Will Read more... Abstract: In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces -- The Story of Civilization. Durant completed twenty-one of a proposed twenty-three chapters before his death in 1981, at the age of ninety-six. Those chapters span thousands of years of human history -- from Confucius to Shakespeare, from the Roman Empire to the Reformation, finally ending in the eighteenth century. The manuscript was recently found by Will Durant scholar John Little -- twenty years after Durant finished it -- and its discovery is a major event, not only for lovers of his prose, but for students of history and philosophy the world over. -- Heroes of History At the dawn of a new millennium and the beginning of a new century, nothing could be more appropriate than this brilliant book that examines the meaning of human civilization and history and draws from the experience of the past the lessons we need to know to put the future into context and live in confidence, rather than fear and ignorance. Will Durant's work is marked by his own special quality as a writer -- he is tough-minded, optimistic, courageous, and convinced that without a knowledge of the past there is no wisdom to guide us to the future. Heroes of History This book is also available on audio tape and CD format, read by Will and Ariel Durant.