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

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