The lessons of history / by Will and Ariel Durant.
1968
D16.8 .D84 (Mapit)
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Title
The lessons of history / by Will and Ariel Durant.
Author
Durant, Will, 1885-1981.
ISBN
0671413333
9780671413330
1567310249
9781567310245
9781439149959
143914995X
9780671413330
1567310249
9781567310245
9781439149959
143914995X
Imprint
New York : Simon and Schuster, [1968]
Language
English
Description
117 pages ; 26 cm
Call Number
D16.8 .D84
Summary
Includes material on the influence of biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, and war on history.
In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulated store of knowledge and experience from their four decades of work on the ten monumental volumes of The Story of Civilization. The result is a survey of human history, full of dazzling insights into the nature of human experience, the evolution of civilization, the culture of man. With the completion of their life's work they look back and ask what history has to say about the nature, the conduct and the prospects of man, seeking in the great lives, the great ideas, the great events of the past for the meaning of man's long journey through war, conquest and creation -- and for the great themes that can help us to understand our own era. To the Durants, history is "not merely a warning reminder of man's follies and crimes, but also an encouraging remembrance of generative souls ... a spacious country of the mind, wherein a thousand saints, statesmen, inventors, scientists, poets, artists, musicians, lovers, and philosophers still live and speak, teach and carve and sing ..." Designed to accompany the ten-volume set of The Story of Civilization, The Lessons of History is, in its own right, a profound and original work of history and philosophy.
Surveys the history of human culture and civilization, identifying key themes from throughout five thousand years, with discussion of race, character, morals, religion, economics, government, war, and other topics, and addressing the question of whether progress is real.
In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulated store of knowledge and experience from their four decades of work on the ten monumental volumes of The Story of Civilization. The result is a survey of human history, full of dazzling insights into the nature of human experience, the evolution of civilization, the culture of man. With the completion of their life's work they look back and ask what history has to say about the nature, the conduct and the prospects of man, seeking in the great lives, the great ideas, the great events of the past for the meaning of man's long journey through war, conquest and creation -- and for the great themes that can help us to understand our own era. To the Durants, history is "not merely a warning reminder of man's follies and crimes, but also an encouraging remembrance of generative souls ... a spacious country of the mind, wherein a thousand saints, statesmen, inventors, scientists, poets, artists, musicians, lovers, and philosophers still live and speak, teach and carve and sing ..." Designed to accompany the ten-volume set of The Story of Civilization, The Lessons of History is, in its own right, a profound and original work of history and philosophy.
Surveys the history of human culture and civilization, identifying key themes from throughout five thousand years, with discussion of race, character, morals, religion, economics, government, war, and other topics, and addressing the question of whether progress is real.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-104) and index.
Added Author
Durant, Ariel, author.
Added Corporate Author
Rouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)
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Table of Contents
Hesitations
History and the earth
Biology and history
Race and history
Character and history
Morals and history
Religion and history
Economics and history
Socialism and history
Government and history
History and war
Growth and decay
Is progress real?
History and the earth
Biology and history
Race and history
Character and history
Morals and history
Religion and history
Economics and history
Socialism and history
Government and history
History and war
Growth and decay
Is progress real?