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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... wrote to his daughter on August 25, 1978: Salt the enclosed away as “Talk XVIII.” I have also completed typing, but not revising, Talk XLX. The Catholic Reformation: 1517–63, which will have 17 pages. As I intend these essays for a book ...
... wrote to his daughter on August 25, 1978: Salt the enclosed away as “Talk XVIII.” I have also completed typing, but not revising, Talk XLX. The Catholic Reformation: 1517–63, which will have 17 pages. As I intend these essays for a book ...
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... wrote with dazzling and compelling prose, but who saw human beings as a species that could, when sufficiently inspired, rise to levels of greatness with the gods themselves. Feeling with Nietzsche that “all philosophy has now fallen ...
... wrote with dazzling and compelling prose, but who saw human beings as a species that could, when sufficiently inspired, rise to levels of greatness with the gods themselves. Feeling with Nietzsche that “all philosophy has now fallen ...
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... wrote of the Chinese about 1750, “are superior to all other Asiatics in antiquity, art, intellect, wisdom, policy, and in their taste for philosophy; nay, in the judgment of certain authors, they dispute the palm, in these matters, with ...
... wrote of the Chinese about 1750, “are superior to all other Asiatics in antiquity, art, intellect, wisdom, policy, and in their taste for philosophy; nay, in the judgment of certain authors, they dispute the palm, in these matters, with ...
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... wrote: Wine of the grapes, Goblets of gold— And a pretty maid of Wu. She comes on ponyback; she is fifteen. Blue-painted eyebrows— Shoes of pink brocade— But she sings bewitchingly well. So, feasting at the table Inlaid with tortoise ...
... wrote: Wine of the grapes, Goblets of gold— And a pretty maid of Wu. She comes on ponyback; she is fifteen. Blue-painted eyebrows— Shoes of pink brocade— But she sings bewitchingly well. So, feasting at the table Inlaid with tortoise ...
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... wrote about China, about 1932: No victory of arms, or tyranny of alien finance, can long suppress a nation so rich in resources and vitality. The invader will lose funds or patience before the loins of China will lose vitality; within a ...
... wrote about China, about 1932: No victory of arms, or tyranny of alien finance, can long suppress a nation so rich in resources and vitality. The invader will lose funds or patience before the loins of China will lose vitality; within a ...
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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