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- 历史
- history
- 哲学
- 英文原版
- 原版
- 英文
- will-durant
- 经典
- 历史
- 智慧
- 人类文明
- 社会演变
- 思想启示
- 时间洞察
- 经验总结
- 文明兴衰
- 全球视野
- 批判思维
具体描述
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.
作者简介
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.
目录信息
II. History and the Earth
III. Biology and History
IV. Race and History
V. Character and History
VI. Morals and History
VII. Religion and History
VIII. Economics and History
XI. Socialism and History
X. Government and History
XI. History and War
XII. Growth and Decay
XIII. Is Progress Real?
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读后感
无法终结的历史及其常识 ——简评《历史的教训》 《历史的教训》是十一卷“世界文明史”的摘要，这本不厚的书，将作者在编纂煌煌巨著中的精华和思想托盘而出，从而塑造了全新的历史常识。与作者杜兰特几乎同时代的哲学家乔治·桑塔亚那曾说，“那些不能铭记过去的人注定要重...
评分4p 犹豫：历史编纂不能算科学，只能算搜集史实的行业、将混乱的材料有意义地排列起来的艺术，以及寻求预见性观点和启蒙作用哲学。 6p 犹豫：历史与科学政治相同的是，相对性至上—一切公式皆应受到质疑。历史嘲笑一切试图强迫将其纳入理论范式和逻辑规范的举动，反动一切概括化...
评分中国古人说“以史为镜，可以知兴替”。英国哲学家培根说“读史使人明智”。从古至今，人们都希望从对过往历史中汲取前人的智慧和经验，避免重蹈覆辙。所以，历代史家也会通过各种方式在编纂历史的过程中去总结经验和教训，如《史记》中，司马迁经常在文末来一段“太史公曰”，...
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。...
评分研究历史，究竟有什么用处？这是作者在本书开头自问的问题。这一问，显示了作者的野心，表明他并不想“只是从自己的工作中找点乐子，讲讲国家与观念的兴衰，侃侃‘国王殒命的悲剧’”。除了表明野心，作者还自曝历史学研究的短处：“我们对于过去发生的认识，总是不完整的，很...
用户评价
极度浓缩，语言非常优雅，值得重读。| 最后两章很精彩，Durant定义"progress of history" 为"the increasing control of the environment by life"，一个很有想头的定义。| 有一点不舒服来自作者逻辑里的极度utilitarianism。
评分还行写的不错
评分以我有限的英文鉴赏能力来看文笔真的很好！
评分文笔优美 适合大声朗读 真正的宏观历史学 十年后再读一遍
评分这是王岐山从哪个犄角旮旯里找出来的奇行种？本书一边定性“宗教是社会对贫穷问题的解决方案”，一边明说同性恋是罪恶（sin）；还有类似于"only the man who is below the average in economic ability desires equality" 这样让人很恼火的言论。我兔腹黑！
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