The Story of Civilization, Volume 9: The Age of Voltaire Kitap pdf indir

William James Durant, üretken bir Amerikalı yazar, tarihçi ve filozoftu. En çok eşi Ariel ile birlikte yazdığı ve 1935 ile 1975 yılları arasında yayınlanan 11 ciltlik Medeniyetin Öyküsü ile tanınır. felsefeyi popülerleştirmeye yardımcı olan çığır açan çalışma." 1967'de Pulitzer Edebiyat Ödülü'nü ve 1977'de Başkanlık Özgürlük Madalyası'nı aldılar.

The Story of Civilization, Volume 9: The Age of Voltaire kitap pdf oku ve indir Will Durant

s/t: A history of civilization in western europe from 1715 to 1756, with special emphasis on the conflict between religion & philosophy Volume 9 in THE STORY OF CIVILIZATION, THE AGE OF VOLTAIRE, is the biography of a great man as well as the story of ideas & events that culminated in the French Revolution. But the revolution turned inward & set the stage for Napoleon, a disaster for Europe in general & for the French in particular. Of notable interest to the general reader is the Durants' conclusion that it was English ideas of skepticism, scientific experiment, "natural rights", constitutional government & individual liberty that started the French on their road to ruin.