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Will Durant (1885–1981)

Autor von The Story of Philosophy (Compact Knowledge)

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Will Durant was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on November 5, 1885. He received an undergraduate degree at St. Peter's College in New Jersey and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. His first book, Philosophy and the Social Problem, was published in 1917. His other works include The mehr anzeigen Story of Philosophy, The Mansions of Philosophy, and the ten-volume The Story of Civilization. By the time the seventh volume was published in 1961, his wife Ariel Durant was listed as a coauthor for her diligent assistance on the project. In 1968 they received the Pulitzer Prize for Rousseau and Revolution. The husband and wife team also wrote A Dual Autobiography in 1977. He died on November 7, 1981. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Werke von Will Durant

The Story of Philosophy (Compact Knowledge) (1926) — Autor — 4,216 Exemplare
The Lessons of History (1968) 1,746 Exemplare
Rousseau and Revolution (1967) 1,431 Exemplare
The Age of Reason Begins (1961) 1,426 Exemplare
The Age of Napoleon (1975) 1,305 Exemplare
The Complete Story of Civilization (1963) 1,149 Exemplare
Die großen Denker (2002) 403 Exemplare
The pleasures of philosophy (1929) 323 Exemplare
On the Meaning of Life (2005) 64 Exemplare
The case for India (1930) 34 Exemplare
Great Men of Literature (1931) 12 Exemplare
Adventures in Philosophy (2008) 9 Exemplare
Adventures in Genius (1931) 8 Exemplare
Outlines of Philosophy. (1962) 4 Exemplare
Filosofia da Vida 3 Exemplare
Caesar And Christ Part 1 Of 2 (1994) 2 Exemplare
Caesar And Christ Part 2 Of 2 (1994) 2 Exemplare
The Reformation Part 1 Of 3 (1997) 2 Exemplare
The Renaissance Part 2 Of 2 (1995) 2 Exemplare
Cezar i Hrist 1 Exemplar
The Case for India 1 Exemplar
Romaveldi - Vol II 1 Exemplar
قصة الفلسفة (2016) 1 Exemplar
Romaveldi - Vol I 1 Exemplar
Filosofi 7-11-1 1 Exemplar
La edad de la fe. Tomo II (1970) 1 Exemplar
OBRAS FILOSOFICAS V (1969) 1 Exemplar
Socialism and anarchism, (1914) 1 Exemplar
Lood filosoofia ajaloost (1998) 1 Exemplar
islam medeniyeti 1 Exemplar

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Los Angeles 200: A Bicentennial Celebration (1980) — Vorwort — 35 Exemplare
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Rechtmäßiger Name
Durant, William James
Andere Namen
DURANT, William James
DURANT, Will
Geburtstag
1885-11-05
Todestag
1981-11-07
Begräbnisort
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
USA
Geburtsort
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Sterbeort
Los Angeles, California, USA
Wohnorte
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (geboren)
Ausbildung
Saint Peter's College (1907)
Cambridge University (1917)
Berufe
Historiker
Schriftsteller
Autor
Bibliothekar
Beziehungen
Durant, Ariel (Ehefrau)
Organisationen
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1959)
Preise und Auszeichnungen
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
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The Story of Civilization by the Durants: Yea or Nay? in Non-Fiction Readers (Dezember 2021)
Will Durant in Philosophy and Theory (Juli 2010)

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The near century between the death of John Calvin and the Council to Trent to the end of the Thirty Years War saw first religious intolerance and religious wars range across the continent until in the end politics trumped everything like it always does. The Age of Reason Begins is the seventh volume of The Story of Civilization series by Will & Ariel Durant as Protestants fight one another and both fight Catholics before eventually politics overrules everything and people begin to ignore religion.

This volume continues a trend of transitions that defined Early Modern Era highlighting a single nation, then the continent, and finally beginning of the return of “reason” over “religion”. The Durants began the rise of Great Britain from the reign of Elizabeth I to the death of Charles I as it transitioned from warring individual nations to nations united political though with significant differences that still needed to be worked out. Next, they followed the transition across the continent of various religious wars that saw either the rise or follow of great powers from prominence that ultimately went from how God was worshiped but what was politically more important. Then they completed the volume with the rise of science and slow return of now religious inspired philosophy. Even though the Durants focused on philosophy and scientific advances in the last 100 pages of the book, they did not neglect cultural developments in literature to theater to music to the development of scientific thought, it was in this area that one could tell Will Durant was enjoying writing. After three volumes in which Will Durant had to focus on religion more than he liked this volume a reader of the series could tell change in Will’s writing that could by a result of Ariel or Will love of philosophy and science.

The Age of Reason Begins is a transitional volume of Will Durant’s The Story of Civilization not only in the transition into the Early Modern Era but also the involvement of his wife Ariel as a cowriter.
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mattries37315 | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 18, 2024 |
Dramatic and opinionated review of the great thought-leaders of the Western canon. Misinterpreted Hellenistic philosophy schools, in my mind. Nevertheless, presents history and philosophical questions with a flourish and entertaining style.
 
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KKBucher | 29 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 13, 2024 |
Classic Durant. Exhaustively detailed, delightfully opinionated.
 
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Huba.Library | 9 weitere Rezensionen | Feb 5, 2024 |
Classic Durant. Exhaustively detailed, delightfully opinionated.
 
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