Will Durant (1885–1981)
Autor(a) de The story of philosophy
About the Author
Will Durant was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on November 5, 1885. He received an undergraduate degree at St. Peter's College in New Jersey and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. His first book, Philosophy and the Social Problem, was published in 1917. His other works include The mostrar mais Story of Philosophy, The Mansions of Philosophy, and the ten-volume The Story of Civilization. By the time the seventh volume was published in 1961, his wife Ariel Durant was listed as a coauthor for her diligent assistance on the project. In 1968 they received the Pulitzer Prize for Rousseau and Revolution. The husband and wife team also wrote A Dual Autobiography in 1977. He died on November 7, 1981. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de Will Durant
Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern Age (2001) 276 cópias
Interpretations of Life: A Survey of Contemporary Literature: The Lives and Opinions of Some Major Authors of Our Time (1970) 84 cópias
Our Oriental Heritage: Part 1 - The Establishment of Civilization, Sumeria, Egypt, Babylonia, and Assyria (1966) 14 cópias
Van Socrates tot Bergson : hoofdfiguren uit de geschiedenis van het denken. - 3: Van Spencer tot Bergson (1942) 13 cópias
The foundations of civilization 10 cópias
Van Socrates tot Bergson : hoofdfiguren uit de geschiedenis van het denken. - 1: Van Plato tot Bacon 10 cópias
Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit Band 15: Europa und der Osten im Zeitalter der Aufklärung (1978) 8 cópias
In den hof der wijsbegeerte : een critische uiteenzetting van de groote vragen van dezen tijd (1940) 8 cópias
Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit Band 7: Das hohe Mittelalter und die Frührenaissance (1978) 6 cópias
Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit. 2. Band Der Ferne Osten und der Aufstieg Griechenlands (1976) 6 cópias
Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit XVII. Die Französische Revolution und der Aufstieg Napoleons. (1990) 6 cópias
Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit X. Gegenreformation und Elisabethanisches Zeitalter. (1983) 5 cópias
100 best books for an education 5 cópias
Rousseau and Revolution: Part 4 - Johnson's England II, The Collapse of Feudal France (1966) 5 cópias
The Story of Philosophy, Updated and Revised: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers from Ptahhotep to… (2020) 4 cópias
The Life of Greece: Part 3 - The Decline and Fall of Greek Freedom, The Hellenistic Dispersion (1963) 4 cópias
قصة الحضارة: نشأة الحضارة 3 cópias
Los Heroes De La Historia/ Heroes of History: Una breve historia de la civilizacion, desde la antiguedad hasta los… (2003) 3 cópias
Filosofia da Vida 3 cópias
Volumes 1-5: Part I - Our Oriental Heritage; Part II - The Life of Greece; Part III - Caesar and Christ; Part IV - The… (1939) 3 cópias
Rousseau and Revolution: Part 1 - Prelude, France before the Deluge, The Catholic South I (1969) 3 cópias
Filosofía, cultura y vida 2 cópias
The Life Of Greece Part 1 Of 2 2 cópias
Os grandes filósofos : Schopenhauer 2 cópias
The Reformation: Part 3 - The Strangers in the Gate, Behind the Scenes, The Counter-Reformation (1966) 2 cópias
KANT SCHOPENHAUER NIETZSCHE 2 cópias
Our Oriental Heritage Part 1 Of 2 2 cópias
The One Hundred Best Books for an Education, Updated and Revised : The Road to Freedom 1 exemplar(es)
Mësimet e historisë 1 exemplar(es)
Cezar i Hrist 1 exemplar(es)
La civilización de la India 1 exemplar(es)
Das Leben Griechenlands 1 exemplar(es)
História da filosofia, A 1 exemplar(es)
تاریخ فلسفه 1 exemplar(es)
Storia della civiltà 1 exemplar(es)
Felsefe Klavuzu:İlk Çağdan Günümüze Kadar 1 exemplar(es)
[11]: L'eta di Napoleone 1 exemplar(es)
The Case for India 1 exemplar(es)
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time 1 exemplar(es)
Heroes of History 1 exemplar(es)
The Lessons of History 1 exemplar(es)
Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War & God 1 exemplar(es)
The Age of Napoleon: Part 3 - Britain 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة - الإصلاح الدينى و بداية عصر العقل 1 exemplar(es)
The Age of Louis XIV: Part 1 - The French Zenith, England I 1 exemplar(es)
Filosofía, Cultura y Vida vol 1 1 exemplar(es)
OS GRANDES FILOSÓFOS-ARISTÓTELES 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة (عصر فولتير) 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة (أوروبا الوسطى) 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة (النهضة/الإصلاح الديني) 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of Civilization Volume 9 قصة الحضارة المجلد التاسع 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of Civilization Volume 7 قصة الحضارة المجلد السابع 1 exemplar(es)
A história da filosofa - Os pensadores 1 exemplar(es)
Western philosophy story (Kodansha academic library) (1986) ISBN: 4061587234 [Japanese Import] (1990) 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة - روسو الثروة الجنوب الكاثوليكى 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة (روسو والثورة) 1 exemplar(es)
תולדות התרבות [הציביליזציה]. תור האמונה. כרך ב 1 exemplar(es)
OS GRANDES FILOSÓFOS -PLATÃO 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of Civilization Volume 5 قصة الحضارة المجلد الخامس 1 exemplar(es)
L'epoca d'oro della civiltà araba 1 exemplar(es)
The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة (عصر لويس الرابع عشر) 1 exemplar(es)
CIVILTÀ LONTANE L'ESTREMO ORIENTE DALLE ORIGINI AL NOVECENTO 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة - عصر الإيمان 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة - الإصلاح الدينى 1 exemplar(es)
Filisofía, Cultura y Vida vol 2 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of Civilization Volume 8 قصة الحضارة المجلد الثامن 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of Civilization Volume 10 قصة الحضارة الملد العاشر 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة (الشرق الأقصى. حياة اليونان) 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة - حياة اليونان 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة (عصر النهضة) 1 exemplar(es)
Filosofi 7-11-1 1 exemplar(es)
Die Lehren der Geschichte: 5000 Jahre Menschheitsgeschichte auf gerade einmal 150 Seiten, verfasst von zwei der… 1 exemplar(es)
Read history. I can learn what: the 20th century's greatest historical works essence conclusion. tell you(Chinese… (2000) 1 exemplar(es)
Anatole France : the man and his work 1 exemplar(es)
La edad de la fe, TOMO III 1 exemplar(es)
Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit (25 von 32 Bdn.) 1 exemplar(es)
The Age of Louis XIV: Part 2 - England II, The Periphery 1 exemplar(es)
Filosofi - Le opere 7-11-1 1 exemplar(es)
Biblioteca della Storia della Civiltà 12 volumi 3-6-1,2 1 exemplar(es)
L'epoca d'oro della civiltà greca (saggio) 3-5-1 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of Civilization - Vol.s VII-XI 1 exemplar(es)
Storia della civiltà 26 tomi 3-5-1,2,3 1 exemplar(es)
World History (multi-volume) 1 exemplar(es)
Tarihten Alınacak Dersler 1 exemplar(es)
Romaveldi - Vol I 1 exemplar(es)
Romaveldi - Vol II 1 exemplar(es)
The story of civilization, v. 3, 5, 6 1 exemplar(es)
A program for America. 1 exemplar(es)
The Story of Civilization - Vol.s I-VI 1 exemplar(es)
La Grecia: Da Socrate all'Ellenismo 1 exemplar(es)
L' epoca della fede. To. 2, Arabi ed ebrei 1 exemplar(es)
A guide to Spinoza (Little blue book) 1 exemplar(es)
The Renaissance Part 1 Of 2 1 exemplar(es)
Story of Philosophy Part II, The 1 exemplar(es)
Le Lezioni della storia 3-5-1 1 exemplar(es)
The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: الهند وجيرانها 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: النهضة #1 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: حياة اليونان #2 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: قيصر والمسيح أو الحضارة الرومانية #1 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: حياة اليونان #1 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: الشرق الأقصى اليابان 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: الشرق الأقصى الصين 1 exemplar(es)
A filosofia de Espinosa - Os Grandes Filosófos 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: النهضة #4 1 exemplar(es)
Os Pensadores: A História da Filosofia,- 7ª Ed. 1 exemplar(es)
História da Filosofia Vol 1 1 exemplar(es)
História da Filosofia Vol 2 1 exemplar(es)
Van Socrates tot Bergson 1 exemplar(es)
PŘÍBĚH FILOZOFIE * Životy a myšlenky největších světových filozofú od Platona po Santayanu 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة - ملخص 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: قيصر والمسيح أو الحضارة الرومانية #2 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: حياة اليونان #3 1 exemplar(es)
La civilización de la India 1 exemplar(es)
Lood filosoofia ajaloost. IV-V 1 exemplar(es)
islam medeniyeti 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: الشرق الأدنى 1 exemplar(es)
De Griekse wereld de geschiedenis van de Griekse beschaving sedert haar aanvang, de beschaving van het Nabije Oosten… 1 exemplar(es)
Vies et doctrines des philisophes 1 exemplar(es)
Mendjet dhe idetë më të mëdha të të gjithë kohëve 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: عصر الإيمان #3 1 exemplar(es)
The Age of Louis XIV (The Story of Civilization VIII) and The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civilization in Western… (1900) 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: عصر الإيمان #1 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: عصر فولتير #1 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: الإصلاح الديني #5 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: النهضة #2 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: روسو والثورة #1 1 exemplar(es)
قصة الحضارة: النهضة #3 1 exemplar(es)
תולדות התרבות [הציביליזציה]. הרנסאנס. כרך א 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contribuinte — 132 cópias
High Moment: Stories of Supreme Crises in the Lives of Great Men — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Durant, William James
- Data de nascimento
- 1885-11-05
- Data de falecimento
- 1981-11-07
- Local de enterro
- Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Locais de residência
- North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
- Educação
- Saint Peter's College (1907)
Cambridge University (1917) - Ocupação
- historian
writer
author
librarian - Relacionamentos
- Durant, Ariel (wife)
- Organizações
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1959)
Ferrer Modern School - Premiações
- Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Pulitzer Prize (literature|1967) - Aviso de desambiguação
- Please do NOT combine this page with the various forms of "Will and Ariel Durant". Single authors should never be combined with multiples. Thank you.
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Discussions
The Story of Civilization by the Durants: Yea or Nay? em Non-Fiction Readers (Dezembro 2021)
Will Durant em Philosophy and Theory (Julho 2010)
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- Obras
- 261
- Also by
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- Membros
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- Popularidade
- #789
- Avaliação
- 4.0
- Resenhas
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- ISBNs
- 369
- Idiomas
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This volume continues a trend of transitions that defined Early Modern Era highlighting a single nation, then the continent, and finally beginning of the return of “reason” over “religion”. The Durants began the rise of Great Britain from the reign of Elizabeth I to the death of Charles I as it transitioned from warring individual nations to nations united political though with significant differences that still needed to be worked out. Next, they followed the transition across the continent of various religious wars that saw either the rise or follow of great powers from prominence that ultimately went from how God was worshiped but what was politically more important. Then they completed the volume with the rise of science and slow return of now religious inspired philosophy. Even though the Durants focused on philosophy and scientific advances in the last 100 pages of the book, they did not neglect cultural developments in literature to theater to music to the development of scientific thought, it was in this area that one could tell Will Durant was enjoying writing. After three volumes in which Will Durant had to focus on religion more than he liked this volume a reader of the series could tell change in Will’s writing that could by a result of Ariel or Will love of philosophy and science.
The Age of Reason Begins is a transitional volume of Will Durant’s The Story of Civilization not only in the transition into the Early Modern Era but also the involvement of his wife Ariel as a cowriter.… (mais)