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William James Durant (November 5, 1875 – November 7, 1981) was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926, which one observer described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy."[1]
He conceived of philosophy as total perspective, or, seeing things "sub specie totius," a phrase derived from Spinoza's "sub specie aeternitatis."[2] He sought to unify and humanize the great body of historical knowledge, which had grown too voluminous and become fragmented into esoteric specialties, and to vitalize it for contemporary application.[3] Durant was a gifted prose stylist and storyteller who won a large readership in great part because of the nature and excellence of his writing, which, in contrast to formal academic language, is lively, witty, ornate and often epigrammatic.
Will and Ariel Durant were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.
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The Lessons of History is a book by historians Will Durant and Ariel Durant.
In The Lessons of History the authors provided a summary of periods and trends in history they had noted upon completion of their momentous eleven volume The Story of Civilization. Will Durant stated that he and Ariel "made note of events and comments that might illuminate present affairs, future probabilities, the nature of man, and the conduct of states."
The book thus presents an overview of the themes and lessons observed from 5000 years of world history examined from 13 perspectives such as geography, biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, war, growth and decay and progress.
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2018年读的，当时对世界历史连一知半解都谈不上，单纯觉得这书短小精悍。 最近学世界史，常常不由地想起这书的观点来。战争是常态，和平是异态。财富集中是自然趋势。平等和自由，无法兼得。能指望的最佳状态，是法律和教育机会的大致平等，希望尤在于教育。人性经不起考验。革...
评分正如这本书中的前言所说的，这只是杜兰特在写作《世界文明史》的间隙里留下的随笔，书中所举的例子跨度非常大，也没有什么体系可言，能被攻讦的地方多只有多。 也正如杜兰特在序言里所说的：没人该期待一本小册子能解释历史的含义。 然而为什么这本小册子在三十年后依旧被人推...
评分历史的第一个教训就是要学会谦逊，人类历史只是宇宙的一瞬，一颗小行星的撞击就可能让人类全体灭绝。 飞机的发展会让地理上的限制变小，制空权在新形势下要比制海权更为重要。 弱肉强食，适者生存，生命即是竞争，竞争养分，粮食，阳光，土地和配偶，乃至上升到国与国的层次。...
评分正如这本书中的前言所说的，这只是杜兰特在写作《世界文明史》的间隙里留下的随笔，书中所举的例子跨度非常大，也没有什么体系可言，能被攻讦的地方多只有多。 也正如杜兰特在序言里所说的：没人该期待一本小册子能解释历史的含义。 然而为什么这本小册子在三十年后依旧被人推...
评分经常听周围的人说：多读历史，我们可以从历史中吸取教训与获取经验。如果再深入一点，天下万物这么多，我们到底想获取哪方面的经验。看了历史书，我们所获取的经验真的是符合现代社会的吗（这个时候，感觉就需要一个引路人帮我们解答心中的疑惑）。 看完这本书，解答了内心中的...
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