The Lessons of History

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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.

出版者:Simon & Schuster
作者:Will Durant
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页数:128
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出版时间:2010-2-16
价格:USD 15.00
装帧:Paperback
isbn号码:9781439149959
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  • 历史 
  • history 
  • 哲学 
  • 英文原版 
  • 原版 
  • 英文 
  • will-durant 
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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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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...  

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人类未从历史中获取教训 评《历史的教训》 周而复始的王朝更替,愈演愈烈的国家、民族和地区战争,预示着人类未从历史中获取教训,这就是我们从阅读历史中获得的教训。如果仅仅是这样,人类文明的发展有何意义?人类的未来是回归到衣不蔽体茹毛饮血的野蛮状态?当然不是,历史...  

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如果我是高中历史老师,大概是会花上一两节课,和学生们分享一下这本书,以催眠其历史的重要性。 历史重要吗? 人人都懂一些历史,也都敢于聊一些历史。我们觉得历史重要,历史学家伟大,然而大部分人又觉得历史并不是一个值得花费时间去研究的学科,只是如评书般供人们茶余饭...  

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“只要有贫穷,就会有神灵”,这是一句出于威尔杜兰特《哲学的大厦》中的句子,它暗示着宗教与历史的关系。 作者威尔杜兰特,美国著名学者。他曾经用50多年的时间写出了11卷的《世界文明史》,他一直为让人类读懂世界,懂得哲学而努力。《历史的教训》从书名上不难看出它的意...  

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"History can only be an industry, an art, and a philosophy"。宏观地看待/总结历史,内容不长,文笔极好,流畅精准。一些观点并不难理解(比如革命起源于经济原因,但发展取决于其他因素),也学到一些新的观点:宗教的周期性、年轻人和老人的对垒、社会财富分配的发展规律等等。作者推崇个人发展和心智启蒙。最后对历史是否在前进写了非常棒的一段话。

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Durant's beautiful prose begs to be read aloud.

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挺有意思的一本小书。Ray Dalio 在 charlie rose 访谈中推荐过。

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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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作者用短短一百多页的篇幅涵盖了历史的规律,荡气回肠,笔锋简洁犀利,大师范儿十足。读后令人掩卷沉思,唏嘘不已。

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