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"Anatole France: The Man and His Work" is an insightful biographical and critical study of the celebrated French man of letters, written by the renowned philosopher and historian Will Durant. This work explores the life, philosophy, and literary
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Will Durant chronicles the lives and ideas of several key philosophical thinkers throughout history in this informative and eminently readable text. Beginning with Socrates and Plato and concluding with Friedrich Nietzsche, w
In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History , Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the begin
In the Fall of 1930 Will Durant found himself outside his home in Lake Hill, New York, raking leaves. He was approached by a well-dressed man who told him in a quiet tone that he was going to kill himself unless the philosopher could give him a valid reas
The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophersis a 1926 book byWill Durant, in which he profiles several prominentWestern philosophersand their ideas, beginning withSocratesandPlatoand on throughFriedrich Nietzsche. Durant att
A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers--Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James, and Dewey-- The Story of Philosophy is one of
First published in 1926, "The Story of Philosophy" is noted historian Will Durant's survey of Western philosophy. Having been described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy", the book begins with detailed
The British Empire is unique in world history. How did this small island come to rule a full quarter of the globe? No other nation has matched this achievement. The British Empire evolved over centuries, but it began to blossom in its greatest age: the re
Embark on an intellectual journey through the minds that shaped Western thought with Will Durant's The Story of Philosophy. This accessible and engaging work introduces readers to the lives and ideas of history's greatest thinkers, from ancient Gr