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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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研究历史，究竟有什么用处？这是作者在本书开头自问的问题。这一问，显示了作者的野心，表明他并不想“只是从自己的工作中找点乐子，讲讲国家与观念的兴衰，侃侃‘国王殒命的悲剧’”。除了表明野心，作者还自曝历史学研究的短处：“我们对于过去发生的认识，总是不完整的，很...
评分4p 犹豫：历史编纂不能算科学，只能算搜集史实的行业、将混乱的材料有意义地排列起来的艺术，以及寻求预见性观点和启蒙作用哲学。 6p 犹豫：历史与科学政治相同的是，相对性至上—一切公式皆应受到质疑。历史嘲笑一切试图强迫将其纳入理论范式和逻辑规范的举动，反动一切概括化...
评分研究历史，究竟有什么用处？这是作者在本书开头自问的问题。这一问，显示了作者的野心，表明他并不想“只是从自己的工作中找点乐子，讲讲国家与观念的兴衰，侃侃‘国王殒命的悲剧’”。除了表明野心，作者还自曝历史学研究的短处：“我们对于过去发生的认识，总是不完整的，很...
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”，...
评分经常听周围的人说：多读历史，我们可以从历史中吸取教训与获取经验。如果再深入一点，天下万物这么多，我们到底想获取哪方面的经验。看了历史书，我们所获取的经验真的是符合现代社会的吗（这个时候，感觉就需要一个引路人帮我们解答心中的疑惑）。 看完这本书，解答了内心中的...
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极度浓缩，语言非常优雅，值得重读。| 最后两章很精彩，Durant定义"progress of history" 为"the increasing control of the environment by life"，一个很有想头的定义。| 有一点不舒服来自作者逻辑里的极度utilitarianism。
评分文笔优美，富有洞见~
评分2018-10 读了太久……
评分分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。
评分以我有限的英文鉴赏能力来看文笔真的很好！
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