Will Durant

Author: Will DurantISBN-10: 1258000393ISBN-13: 9781258000394Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/02/2011Pages: 66Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.31d

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.Author: Will DurantISBN-10: 1494001594ISBN-13: 9781494001599Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 96Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.20d

Will Durant once lamented that, "philosophy is no longer loved today because she has lost the spirit of adventure." "Adventures in Philosophy" is Durant's attempt to recapture that spirit. In actual debates, symposiums, and personal discussions, topics such as the meaning of life, politics,...

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,...

Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyoneAuthor: Will DurantISBN-10: 1162795034ISBN-13: 9781162795034Publisher: Kessinger PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/10/2010Pages: 338Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.00lbsSize: 6.00h x 9.02w x 0.70d

Great Men of Literature by Will Durant is a comprehensive exploration of the lives and works of some of the most influential literary figures of all time. The book delves into the biographies of notable writers such as Shakespeare, Goethe, Tolstoy, and Dickens, providing...

Great Men of Literature is a book written by Will Durant, a renowned American philosopher, historian, and writer. The book provides a comprehensive account of the lives and works of some of the greatest literary figures in history. The book covers the works of...

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 beginning of the modern...

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...

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...

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...

The first volume of Will Durant's Pulitzer Prize-winning series, Our Oriental Heritage: The Story of Civilization, Volume I chronicles the early history of Egypt, the Middle East, and Asia. In this masterful work, readers will encounter: Sumeria, birthplace of the first cities and written...

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.Author: Will DurantISBN-10: 151194479XISBN-13: 9781511944793Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing...

IntroductionTHE purpose of this essay is to show: first, that the social problem has been the basic concern of many of the greater philosophers; second, that an approach to the social problem through philosophy is the first condition of even a moderately successful treatment...

This is a new release of the original 1942 edition.Author: Will DurantISBN-10: 1494071460ISBN-13: 9781494071462Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 286Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.60d

In "Philosophy and the Social Problem," Will Durant's first book, Durant argues that philosophy has fallen into disrepute because it has stood high and dry upon academic ground, has occupied itself generally with the problem of knowledge, and has not gone down among the...

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 the great books of our time. Few write for...

Dr. Durant's outline includes not only lucid explanations of the great philosophies, but the careers of the philosophers and interpretations based upon the two-fold view, together with a host of good tales and merry quips by and about famous scholars from Socrates to Professor...

In Eleven Volumes. Volume Seven Includes A History Of European Civilization In The Period Of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, And Descartes, 1558-1648.Author: Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN-10: 1258221446ISBN-13: 9781258221447Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2011Pages: 786Format: HardcoverWeight: 3.45lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.01w x 1.63d

In Eleven Volumes. Volume Seven Includes A History Of European Civilization In The Period Of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, And Descartes, 1558-1648.Author: Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN-10: 1258225697ISBN-13: 9781258225698Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/08/2011Pages: 786Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.95lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.56d

A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time--listed in accessible and succinct form--by one of the world's greatest scholars. From the "Hundred Best Books" to the "Ten Greatest Thinkers" to the "Ten Greatest Poets," here...

A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time--listed in accessible and succinct form--by one of the world's greatest scholars. From the "Hundred Best Books" to the "Ten Greatest Thinkers" to the "Ten Greatest Poets," here...

A concise survey of the culture and civilization of mankind, The Lessons of History is the result of a lifetime of research from Pulitzer Prize-winning historians Will and Ariel Durant. With their accessible compendium of philosophy and socialAuthor: Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN-10: 143914995XISBN-13: 9781439149959Publisher:...

The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful eleven-volume Story of Civilization. In this compact summation of their work, Will and Ariel Durant share the vital and profound lessons of our collective past. Their perspective,...

The Story of Civilization, Volume II: A history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest of Greece. This is the second volume of the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning series. Author:...

The Story of Civilization, Volume II: A history of Greek civilization from the beginnings, and of civilization in the Near East from the Death of Alexander to the Roman Conquest of Greece. This is the second volume of the classic Pulitzer Prize-winning series. Author:...

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a 1926 book by Will Durant, in which he profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Socrates and Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show...

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, with twelve other prominent philosophers in between, the author builds...

There is a pleasure in philosophy, and a lure even in the mirages of metaphysics, whichevery student feels until the coarse necessities of physical existence drag him from theheights of thought into the mart of economic strife and gain. Most of us have known...

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 descriptions of the philosophical ideas of the ancient Greeks, i.e....

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a 1926 book by Will Durant, in which he profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Socrates and Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show...

The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers is a 1926 book by Will Durant, in which he profiles several prominent Western philosophers and their ideas, beginning with Socrates and Plato and on through Friedrich Nietzsche. Durant attempts to show...

There is a pleasure in philosophy, and a lure even in the mirages of metaphysics, whichevery student feels until the coarse necessities of physical existence drag him from theheights of thought into the mart of economic strife and gain. Most of us have known...

A champion of human rights issues such as the brotherhood of man and social reform long before such issues were popular, Durant, through his writings, continues to educate and entertain readers the world over. From Simon & Schuster, Transition is a sentimental story of...