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

William James Durant è stato un prolifico scrittore, storico e filosofo americano. È meglio conosciuto per gli 11 volumi The Story of Civilization, scritti in collaborazione con sua moglie Ariel e pubblicati tra il 1935 e il 1975. In precedenza era stato notato per il suo libro, The Story of Philosophy, scritto nel 1926, che era considerato "un lavoro pionieristico che ha contribuito a rendere popolare la filosofia". Hanno ricevuto il Premio Pulitzer per la letteratura nel 1967 e la Medaglia presidenziale della libertà nel 1977.

Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God pdf da 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.