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Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The tragedy of Russia Impressions from a Brief Visit</strong><br />
Year : 1933<br />
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Preface. I should like to warn the reader that this book is based upon a very brief visit to Russia in the summer of 1932. Whatever value the book may have will depend upon the background of judgment, not upon the area of observation. To the reader who wishes a more detailed presentation of the evidence I should warmly recommend Elisha Friedman's Russia in Transition. Most of the material here printed has appeared in a series of articles published by the Saturday Evening Post, to whose courteous editors acknowledgment is hereby made. Chapter IV, on "The Religious Revolution in Russia," has not been published before. The views expressed in this book will be unavoidably unpopular with most critics, whose naturalliberalism and sympathetic interest in new experiments will be offended by this apparent betrayal of the liberal cause. I can only ask them to remember that liberalism may be defined as fidelity to freedom. WILL DURANT. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The Story of Philosophyurn:md5:02f41fa69dc959ea33e9ff66e72a35642013-03-12T14:33:00+00:002013-03-12T14:34:29+00:00balderDurant WillEuropeGreece <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img2/.Durant_Will_-_The_Story_of_Philosophy_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Story of Philosophy The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers</strong><br />
Year : 1926<br />
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When Will Durant's The Story of Philosophy was published in the late spring of 1926, it was greeted with expressions of great good will for its author and with praise for its lucid style, but not, on the whole, in any fashion that betokened enormous popularity for it. The Atlantic Monthly spoke of it as an interesting and enlivening introduction to the study of philosophy, and the Bookman reported that Dr. Durant's account of the lives of the world's great thinkers contained "a host of good tales and merry quips." But the prevailing note was on the worthy nature of the effort: people ought to benefit from the study of philosophy, Dr. Durant had made the works of philosophers intelligible to the general reader and, as the Outlook noted, the world was particularly in need of philosophy that year. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The establishment of civilizationurn:md5:cf89ca474e6e18cce1dc4d3da1b894092013-03-12T14:27:00+00:002013-03-12T14:29:20+00:00balderDurant WillCivilizations <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img2/.Durant_Will_-_The_establishment_of_civilization_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The establishment of civilization An introduction on the nature and foundations of civilization</strong><br />
Year : 1941<br />
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I HAVE tried in this book to accomplish the first pan of a pleasant assignment which I rashly laid upon myself some twenty years ago: to write a history of civilization. I wish to tell as much as I can, in as little space as I can, of the contributions that genius and labor have made to the cultural heritage of mankind-to chronicle and contemplate, in their causes, character and effects, the advances of invention, the varieties of economic organization, the experiments in government, the aspirations of religion, the mutations of morals and manners, the masterpieces of literature, the development of science, the wisdom of philosophy, and the achievements of art. I do not need to be told how absurd this enterprise is, nor how immodest is its very conception; for many years of effort have brought it to but a fifth of its completion, and have made it clear that no one mind, and no single lifetime, can adequately compass this task. Nevertheless I have dreamed that despite the many errors inevitable in this undertaking, it may be of some use to those upon whom the passion for philosophy has laid the compulsion to try to see things whole, to pursue perspective, unity and understanding through history in time, as well as to seek them through science in space. I have long felt that our usual method of writing history in separate longitudinal sections-economic history, political history, religious history, the history of philosophy, the history of literature, the history of science, the history of music, the history of art-does injustice to the unity of human life; that history should be written collaterally as well as lineally, synthetically as well as analytically; and that the ideal historiography would seek to portray in each period the total complex of a nation's culture, institutions, adventures and ways. But the accumulation of knowledge has divided history, like science, into a thousand isolated specialties; and prudent scholars have refrained from attempting any view of the wholewhether of the material universe, or of the living past of our race. For the probability of error increases with the scope of the undertaking, and any man who sells his soul to synthesis will be a tragic target for a myriad merry darts of specialist critique. "Consider," said Ptahhotep five thousand years ago, "how thou mayest be opposed by an expert in council. It is foolish to speak on every kind of work." A history of civilization shares the presumptuousness of every philosophical enterprise: it offers the ridiculous spectacle of a fragment expounding the whole. Like philosophy, such a venture has no rational excuse, and is at best but a brave stupidity; but let us hope that, like philosophy, it will always lure some rash spirits into its fatal depths. The plan of the series is to narrate the history of civilization in five independent parts: I. Our Oriental Heritage: a history of civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the death of Alexander, and in India, China and Japan to the present day; with an introduction on the nature and elements of civilization. II. Our Classical Heritage: a history of civilization in Greece and Rome, and of civilization in the Near East under Greek and Roman domination. III. Our Medieval Heritage: Catholic and feudal Europe, Byzantine civilization, Mohammedan and Judaic culture in Asia, Africa and Spain, and the Italian Renaissance. IIIV.Our European Heritage: the cultural history of the European states from the Protestant Reformation to the French Revolution. V. Our Modern Heritage: the history of European invention and statesmanship, science and philosophy, religion and morals, literature and art from the accession of Napoleon to our own times. Our story begins with the Orient, not merely because Asia was the scene of the oldest civilizations known to us, but because those civilizations formed the background and basis of that Greek and Roman culture which Sir Henry Maine mistakenly supposed to be the whole source of the modern mind. We shall be surprised to learn how much of our most indispensable inventions, our economic and political organization, our science and our literature, our philosophy and our religion, goes back to Egypt and the Orient. At this historic moment-when the ascendancy of Europe is so rapidly coming to an end, when Asia is swelling with resurrected life, and the theme of the twentieth century seems destined to be an all-embracing conflict between the East and the West-the provincialism of our traditional histories, which began with Greece and summed up Asia in a line, has become no merely academic error, but a possibly fatal failure of perspective and intelligence. The future faces into the Pacific, and understanding must follow it there. But how shall an Occidental mind ever understand the Orient? Eight years of study and travel have only made this, too, more evident-that not even a lifetime of devoted scholarship would suffice to initiate a Western student into the subtle character and secret lore of the East. Every chapter, every paragraph in this book will offend or amuse some patriotic or esoteric soul: the orthodox Jew will need all his ancient patience to forgive the pages on Yahveh; the metaphysical Hindu will mourn this superficial scratching of Indian philosophy; and the Chinese or Japanese sage will smile indulgently at these brief and inadequate selections from the wealth of Far Eastern literature and thought. Some of the errors in the chapter on Judea have been corrected by Professor Harry Wolfson of Harvard; Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy of the Boston Institute of Fine Arts has given the section on India a most painstaking revision, but must not be held responsible for the conclusions I have reached or the errors that remain; Professor H. H. Gowen, the learned Orientalist of the University of Washington, and Upton Close, whose knowledge of the Orient seems inexhaustible, have checked the more flagrant mistakes in the chapters on China and japan; and Mr. George Sokolsky has given to the pages on contemporary affairs in the Far East the benefit of his first-hand information. Should the public be indulgent enough to call for a second edition of this book, the opportunity will be taken to incorporate whatever further corrections may be suggested by critics, specialists and readers. Meanwhile a weary author may sympathize with Tai T'ung, who in the thirteenth century issued his History of Chinese Writing with these words: "Were I to await perfection, my book would never be finished." Since these ear-minded times are not propitious for the popularity of expensive books on remote subjects of interest only to citizens of the world, it may be that the continuation of this series will be delayed by the prosaic necessities of economic life. But if the reception of this adventure in synthesis makes possible an uninterrupted devotion to the undertaking, Part Two should be ready by the fall of 1940, and its successors should appear, by the grace of health, at five-year intervals thereafter. Nothing would make me happier than to be freed, for this work, from every other literary enterprise. I shall proceed as rapidly as time and circumstance will permit, hoping that a few of my contemporaries will care to grow old with me while learning, and that these volumes may help some of our children to understand and enjoy the infinite riches of their inheritance. Will Durant. Great Neck, N.Y., March, 1935. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - Philosophy and the Social Problemurn:md5:12cec0d8ff96b9500c26bffccd550bc62013-03-12T14:23:00+00:002013-03-12T14:25:21+00:00balderDurant WillSociology <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img2/.Durant_Will_-_Philosophy_and_the_Social_Problem_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>Philosophy and the Social Problem</strong><br />
Year : 1917<br />
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The 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 of this problem ; and third, that an approach to philosophy through the social problem is indispensable to the revitalization of philosophy. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The Lessons of Historyurn:md5:f7318dc0ca2db26e8d23e0aea6cc80e02012-01-17T01:46:00+00:002014-01-19T22:17:16+00:00balderDurant WillEurope <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_Lessons_of_History_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will - Durant Ariel</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The Lessons of History</strong><br />
Year : 1968<br />
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This postlude needs little preface. After finishing The Story of Civilization to 1789, we reread the ten volumes with a view to issuing a revised edition that would correct many errors of omission, fact, or print. In that process we made note of events and comments that might illuminate present affairs, future probabilities, the nature of man, and the conduct of states. (The references, in the text, to various volumes of the Story are offered not as authorities
but as instances or elucidations so come upon.) We tried to defer our conclusions until we had completed our survey of the narrative, but doubtless our preformed opinions influenced our selection of illustrative material. The following essay is the result. It repeats many ideas that we, or others before us, have already expressed; our aim is not originality but inclusiveness; we offer a survey of human experience, not a personal revelation. Here, as so often in the past, we must gratefully acknowledge the help and counsel given us by our daughter Ethel. WILL AND ARIEL DURANT. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 11 The Age of Napoleonurn:md5:034879bd7c9ea8c670a00f68e720d5dc2012-01-17T01:22:00+00:002014-01-19T22:21:19+00:00balderDurant WillEuropeNapoléon <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_11_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will - Durant Ariel</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 11 The Age of Napoleon</strong><br />
Year : 1975<br />
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A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 10 Rousseau and Revolutionurn:md5:4fdb7d1d3e007e31c672b74c0dec76a62012-01-17T01:21:00+00:002014-01-19T22:21:22+00:00balderDurant WillEnglandEuropeFranceGermanyRevolutionRousseau <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_10_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will - Durant Ariel</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 10 Rousseau and Revolution</strong><br />
Year : 1967<br />
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A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715, to 1789. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 9 The Age of Voltaireurn:md5:676420f43bac93f5259dde9a65f5340c2012-01-17T01:18:00+00:002014-01-19T22:21:27+00:00balderDurant WillVoltaire <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_9_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will - Durant Ariel</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 9 The Age of Voltaire</strong><br />
Year : 1965<br />
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A History of Civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, with Special Emphasis on the Conflict between Religion and Philosophy. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 8 The Age of Louis XIVurn:md5:500d41a638a8981fd1ee255418e4d3e42012-01-17T01:16:00+00:002014-01-19T22:21:30+00:00balderDurant WillCromwellLouis XIVMiltonMolièreNewtonPascalPeter the GreatSpinoza <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_8_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will - Durant Ariel</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 8 The Age of Louis XIV</strong><br />
Year : 1963<br />
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A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton and Spinoza : 1648-1715. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 7 The Age of Reason Beginsurn:md5:c81b28a5cfe3a60a991b813600c10e002012-01-17T01:14:00+00:002016-06-17T23:21:34+01:00balderDurant WillDescartesGalileoMontaigneRembrandtShakespeare <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_7_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 7 The Age of Reason Begins</strong><br />
Year : 1961<br />
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A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558-1648. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 6 The Reformationurn:md5:a3602d28a78d0424a2c9c1c0c2710cc82012-01-17T01:12:00+00:002014-01-19T22:21:38+00:00balderDurant WillCalvinWyclif <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_6_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 6 The Reformation</strong><br />
Year : 1957<br />
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A History of European Civilization from Wyclif to Calvin : 1300-1564. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 5 The Renaissanceurn:md5:375a6cccfc79c51a524646c4fcc01ad32012-01-17T01:11:00+00:002014-01-19T22:21:47+00:00balderDurant WillItalyPetrarchTitian <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_5_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 5 The Renaissance</strong><br />
Year : 1953<br />
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A History of Civilization in Italy from the Birth of Petrarch to the Death of Titian-1304 to 1576. History of Civilization in Italy from I30 4-I576 A.D.. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 4 The Age of Faithurn:md5:f78fc9cd4b102fc4ab3cd7b905f7eb812012-01-17T01:09:00+00:002013-09-13T15:55:00+01:00balderDurant WillConstantineDanteIslamJew <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_4_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 4 The Age of Faith</strong><br />
Year : 1950<br />
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A history of medieval civilization from constantine to Dante - A.D. 325-1300. A History of MedietJal Civilization - Christian, Islamic, and Judaic- from Constantine
to Dante: A.D. 325 -1300 <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 3 Caesar and Christurn:md5:a9ccbd59485a33f779adbbee2ebc98ab2012-01-17T01:06:00+00:002014-01-19T22:17:56+00:00balderDurant WillCaesarChristRome <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_3_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 3 Caesar and Christ</strong><br />
Year : 1944<br />
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A history of Roman Civilization and of Christianity from their beginnings to A.D. 325. This brillantly written History surveys all aspects of Roman life-politics, economics, literature, art, morals. It ends with the conflict to of Pagan and Christian forces and raises the curtain on the great struggle between church and state. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 2 The life of Greeceurn:md5:66d855e857feb8df59df8c952df8a96d2012-01-17T00:58:00+00:002014-01-19T22:17:52+00:00balderDurant WillGreeceRome <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_2_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 2 The life of Greece</strong><br />
Year : 1939<br />
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A History of Greek Government, Industry, Manners, Morals, Religion, Philosophy, Science, Literature and Art from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest; with an introduction on the prehistoric culture of Crete. <strong>...</strong></p>Durant Will - The story of civilization 1 Our Oriental Heritageurn:md5:460bb43b4ff0b00300c31b93c3f1fc772012-01-17T00:55:00+00:002014-01-19T22:17:25+00:00balderDurant WillAlexanderChinaEgyptIndiaJapan <p><img src="https://balderexlibris.com/public/img/.Durant_Will_-_The_story_of_civilization_1_s.jpg" alt="" /><br />
Author : <strong>Durant Will</strong><br />
Title : <strong>The story of civilization 1 Our Oriental Heritage</strong><br />
Year : 1935<br />
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Being a History of Civilization in Egypt and the Near East to the Death of Alexander; and in India, China and Japan from the Beginning to Our Own Day; with an Introduction on the Nature and Foundations of Civilization. <strong>...</strong></p>