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

Heroes of History : a Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age pdf 将杜兰特

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.