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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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高晓松的《晓松奇谈》开场白关于历史是这么讲的： 历史不是镜子，历史是精子，牺牲亿万才有一个活到今天；人生不是故事，人生是世故，摸爬滚打才不会辜负功名尘土；世界不是苟且，世界是远方，行万里路才能回到内心深处；未来不是岁数，未来是谜雾，读万卷书才能看清皓月繁...
评分lessons of history这本书用了大约四个小时读完了，感觉是一本不沉重没有太多思辨内容逻辑论证层次和方式都比较简单的书，整本书不仅不厚，而且以历史中例子举出来站的篇幅很大，因此整体阅读比较轻松并且速度也比较快，但是论证并不严密，更像是一本作者很主观的随笔散...
评分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...
评分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...
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分12个话题梳理哲学家、政治家、历史学家对相应问题的看法，也有作者们对这些观点、议题的评述。最后一章讲了展望。比较像文献综述，读起来蛮有意思。内容打四星，语言太太太太太加分了，优美有力，有时又幽默俏皮。喜欢。
评分"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。
评分极度浓缩，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。
评分视角牛逼，读完有一种此生何用的感觉。
评分文笔很不错
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