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

Уильям Джеймс Дюран был плодовитым американским писателем, историком и философом. Он наиболее известен благодаря 11-томной «Истории цивилизации», написанной в сотрудничестве с его женой Ариэль и опубликованной между 1935 и 1975 годами. Ранее он был известен своей книгой «История философии», написанной в 1926 году, которая считалась « новаторская работа, которая помогла популяризировать философию». Они были удостоены Пулитцеровской премии по литературе в 1967 году и Президентской медали свободы в 1977 году.

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

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.