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

威廉·詹姆斯·杜兰特是一位多产的美国作家、历史学家和哲学家。 他最出名的是 11 卷的《文明的故事》，与他的妻子爱丽儿合作，于 1935 年至 1975 年间出版。他早先因 1926 年的著作《哲学的故事》而闻名，该书被认为是“一本 有助于普及哲学的开创性工作。” 他们于 1967 年获得普利策文学奖，并于 1977 年获得总统自由勋章。

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

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.