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Will Durant
American historian and philosopher
William James Durant was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations. It was written in collaboration with his... Wikipedia
Born: November 5, 1885, North Adams, MA
Died: November 7, 1981 (age 96 years), Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Spouse: Ariel Durant (m. 1913–1981)
Parents: Mary Allard and Joseph Durant
Education: Saint Peter's College (BA, 1907); Columbia University (PhD, 1917)
Subject: History, philosophy, religion
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I believe in a cosmic intelligence and I conceive God as the life, mind, order and law of the world. I do not understand my God.
“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”
One of the most gifted prose stylists of the 20th century, Will Durant viewed history not as a dreary succession of impersonal dates and reigns, ...
William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for the 11-volume The Story of Civilization.
Oct 30, 2024 ˇ Will Durant's writing career began with the publication of Philosophy and the Social Problem (1917). His second book, The Story of Philosophy ( ...
Jul 15, 2024 ˇ A few of his shorter books I believe are fairly popular still. But much of what he wrote is not exactly easy reading.
Will Durant (1885–1981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977). He spent more than fifty years writing his ...
William James Durant was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, in 1885. He was educated in the Roman Catholic parochial schools there and in Kearny, ...
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Will Durant (1885–1981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977). He spent more than fifty years writing his ...