Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern AgeSimon and Schuster, 2002 M04 23 - 351 páginas In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world. Heroes of History is a book of life-enhancing wisdom and optimism, complete with Durant's wit, knowledge, and unique ability to explain events and ideas in simple, exciting terms. It is the lessons of our heritage passed on for the edification and benefit of future generations—a fitting legacy from America's most beloved historian and philosopher. Will Durant's popularity as America's favorite teacher of history and philosophy remains undiminished by time. His books are accessible to readers of every kind, and his unique ability to compress complicated ideas and events into a few pages without ever "talking down" to the reader, enhanced by his memorable wit and a razor-sharp judgment about men and their motives, made all of his books huge bestsellers. Heroes of History carries on this tradition of making scholarship and philosophy understandable to the general reader, and making them good reading, as well. At the dawn of a new millennium and the beginning of a new century, nothing could be more appropriate than this brilliant book that examines the meaning of human civilization and history and draws from the experience of the past the lessons we need to know to put the future into context and live in confidence, rather than fear and ignorance. |
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... politics to social issues such as the class war and even the more current debate regarding the viability of homosexuals in the military (you would, for example, be hard-pressed to find in history any indication that homosexuals are not ...
... politics to social issues such as the class war and even the more current debate regarding the viability of homosexuals in the military (you would, for example, be hard-pressed to find in history any indication that homosexuals are not ...
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... politics, and religion—always topics that most historians either shy away from or dress in excessively scientific nomenclature. In addition, Durant's use of the first-person narrative imparts a feeling of personal testament on subjects ...
... politics, and religion—always topics that most historians either shy away from or dress in excessively scientific nomenclature. In addition, Durant's use of the first-person narrative imparts a feeling of personal testament on subjects ...
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... political corruption, and to such concentration of wealth as would invite revolution. If pugnacity were not checked, it would lead to brawls at every corner, to domination of every neighborhood by its heaviest thug, to the division of ...
... political corruption, and to such concentration of wealth as would invite revolution. If pugnacity were not checked, it would lead to brawls at every corner, to domination of every neighborhood by its heaviest thug, to the division of ...
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... political divisions, India was invaded by Alexander, then by the Huns, then by the Arabs, then by the Turks, then by Timor (our Tamerlane), then by the Portuguese, then by the French, then by the English. In 1686 the East India Company ...
... political divisions, India was invaded by Alexander, then by the Huns, then by the Arabs, then by the Turks, then by Timor (our Tamerlane), then by the Portuguese, then by the French, then by the English. In 1686 the East India Company ...
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... political, and social life disordered with shoddy work, corrupt administration, and social decay. Suddenly a woman, politically popular, declared a moratorium on democracy, and assumed autocratic control of India's government, economy ...
... political, and social life disordered with shoddy work, corrupt administration, and social decay. Suddenly a woman, politically popular, declared a moratorium on democracy, and assumed autocratic control of India's government, economy ...
Contenido
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Philosophy and Poetry in the Old Testament | 55 |
The Road to Pericles | 67 |
The Golden Age of Athens | 78 |
The Human Christ | 159 |
The Growth of the Church | 170 |
The Renaissance I Around Leonardo | 184 |
The Renaissance II Rome | 214 |
The Renaissance III Venetian Sunset | 236 |
The Reformation I Wyclif and Erasmus | 245 |
The Reformation II 151755 Luther and the Communists | 267 |
The Catholic Reformation 151763 | 293 |
From Plato to Alexander | 94 |
The Roman Republic | 110 |
The Roman Revolution | 124 |
The Roman Empire 27 BCAD 180 | 141 |
Nero and Aurelius | 149 |
Shakespeare and Bacon | 306 |
Index | 331 |
About the Author | 349 |
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