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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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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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2018年读的，当时对世界历史连一知半解都谈不上，单纯觉得这书短小精悍。 最近学世界史，常常不由地想起这书的观点来。战争是常态，和平是异态。财富集中是自然趋势。平等和自由，无法兼得。能指望的最佳状态，是法律和教育机会的大致平等，希望尤在于教育。人性经不起考验。革...
评分无法终结的历史及其常识 ——简评《历史的教训》 《历史的教训》是十一卷“世界文明史”的摘要，这本不厚的书，将作者在编纂煌煌巨著中的精华和思想托盘而出，从而塑造了全新的历史常识。与作者杜兰特几乎同时代的哲学家乔治·桑塔亚那曾说，“那些不能铭记过去的人注定要重...
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评分语句考究，总体来说是充满智慧的书，值得细读。
评分视角牛逼，读完有一种此生何用的感觉。
评分作者用短短一百多页的篇幅涵盖了历史的规律，荡气回肠，笔锋简洁犀利，大师范儿十足。读后令人掩卷沉思，唏嘘不已。
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