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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... took some fifty years to complete, Durant (with his wife Ariel's assistance) presented an integrated overview of more than 110 centuries in eleven volumes. Durant was keenly aware of the changing landscape unfolding in the world of mass ...
... took some fifty years to complete, Durant (with his wife Ariel's assistance) presented an integrated overview of more than 110 centuries in eleven volumes. Durant was keenly aware of the changing landscape unfolding in the world of mass ...
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... took more mates than one, for hunting and fighting were mortally dangerous and left a surplus of women over men; so the male is still polygamous [or polygamous] by nature. He had little reason to contracept, for children became assets ...
... took more mates than one, for hunting and fighting were mortally dangerous and left a surplus of women over men; so the male is still polygamous [or polygamous] by nature. He had little reason to contracept, for children became assets ...
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... took no offense from them. He went forth with new resolve to fulfill his own mission and to become the most influential philosopher in history. CONFUCIUS Kung-fu-tze—“Kung the Master,” as his pupils called him—was born about 551 B.C. ...
... took no offense from them. He went forth with new resolve to fulfill his own mission and to become the most influential philosopher in history. CONFUCIUS Kung-fu-tze—“Kung the Master,” as his pupils called him—was born about 551 B.C. ...
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... took no thought of the morrow, but was content to be fed by some local admirer; once he scandalized his followers by eating in the house of a courtesan. They renamed him Buddha; that is, the Enlightened One—but he never claimed that a ...
... took no thought of the morrow, but was content to be fed by some local admirer; once he scandalized his followers by eating in the house of a courtesan. They renamed him Buddha; that is, the Enlightened One—but he never claimed that a ...
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... took away some of the fabled “wealth of the Indies,” leaving an impoverished people. Despite the despotism of Huns, Arabs, Turks, Christians, and the sun, the patient Hindus found energy enough to develop massive architecture, profuse ...
... took away some of the fabled “wealth of the Indies,” leaving an impoverished people. Despite the despotism of Huns, Arabs, Turks, Christians, and the sun, the patient Hindus found energy enough to develop massive architecture, profuse ...
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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