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William James Durant (November 5, 1875 – November 7, 1981) was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926, which one observer described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy."[1]
He conceived of philosophy as total perspective, or, seeing things "sub specie totius," a phrase derived from Spinoza's "sub specie aeternitatis."[2] He sought to unify and humanize the great body of historical knowledge, which had grown too voluminous and become fragmented into esoteric specialties, and to vitalize it for contemporary application.[3] Durant was a gifted prose stylist and storyteller who won a large readership in great part because of the nature and excellence of his writing, which, in contrast to formal academic language, is lively, witty, ornate and often epigrammatic.
Will and Ariel Durant were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
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- 哲学
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The Lessons of History is a book by historians Will Durant and Ariel Durant.
In The Lessons of History the authors provided a summary of periods and trends in history they had noted upon completion of their momentous eleven volume The Story of Civilization. Will Durant stated that he and Ariel "made note of events and comments that might illuminate present affairs, future probabilities, the nature of man, and the conduct of states."
The book thus presents an overview of the themes and lessons observed from 5000 years of world history examined from 13 perspectives such as geography, biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, war, growth and decay and progress.
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人类未从历史中获取教训 评《历史的教训》 周而复始的王朝更替，愈演愈烈的国家、民族和地区战争，预示着人类未从历史中获取教训，这就是我们从阅读历史中获得的教训。如果仅仅是这样，人类文明的发展有何意义？人类的未来是回归到衣不蔽体茹毛饮血的野蛮状态？当然不是，历史...
评分其实，看到书名，我就产生了偏见。 这两天，我翻了一遍此书，虽说依然对其有偏见，但我对作者核心思想的认知已有所改变，觉得这本书不应该被理解为“物竞天择”的鼓吹书。我认为应该这样理解——这本书的书名叫“历史的教训”，而杜兰特在P172说了“历史是如此的丰富多彩，以至...
评分中国古人说“以史为镜，可以知兴替”。英国哲学家培根说“读史使人明智”。从古至今，人们都希望从对过往历史中汲取前人的智慧和经验，避免重蹈覆辙。所以，历代史家也会通过各种方式在编纂历史的过程中去总结经验和教训，如《史记》中，司马迁经常在文末来一段“太史公曰”，...
评分历史的第一个教训就是要学会谦逊，人类历史只是宇宙的一瞬，一颗小行星的撞击就可能让人类全体灭绝。 飞机的发展会让地理上的限制变小，制空权在新形势下要比制海权更为重要。 弱肉强食，适者生存，生命即是竞争，竞争养分，粮食，阳光，土地和配偶，乃至上升到国与国的层次。...
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分12个话题梳理哲学家、政治家、历史学家对相应问题的看法，也有作者们对这些观点、议题的评述。最后一章讲了展望。比较像文献综述，读起来蛮有意思。内容打四星，语言太太太太太加分了，优美有力，有时又幽默俏皮。喜欢。
评分用一本200多页的小册子告诉你从整个文明史中可以总结出什么。
评分还行写的不错
评分Durant's beautiful prose begs to be read aloud.
评分"History can only be an industry, an art, and a philosophy"。宏观地看待/总结历史，内容不长，文笔极好，流畅精准。一些观点并不难理解（比如革命起源于经济原因，但发展取决于其他因素），也学到一些新的观点：宗教的周期性、年轻人和老人的对垒、社会财富分配的发展规律等等。作者推崇个人发展和心智启蒙。最后对历史是否在前进写了非常棒的一段话。
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