The Story of Civilization, Volume 7: The Age of Reason Begins 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。

The Story of Civilization, Volume 7: The Age of Reason Begins pdf 将杜兰特

If there is a linchpin to understanding modern European history, it lies in the period of religious strife & scientific progress between the 1550s & 1650s. In The Age of Reason Begins, Will & Ariel Durant bring together a fascinating network of stories in their discussion of the bumpy road toward the Enlightenment. This is the age of great monarchs & greater artists: on the one hand, Elizabeth the First of England, Philip II of Spain & Henry IV of France; on the other, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Montaigne & Rembrandt. It also encompasses the heyday of Bacon, Galileo, Giordano Bruno & Descartes--the fathers of modern science & philosophy. But it is equally an age of extreme violence, a moment in which all Europe was embroiled in the horrible Thirty Years' War--in some respects, the real First World War. Whatever the case, this is a chapter in cultural history one can't set aside.