Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern AgeSimon and Schuster, 23. 4. 2002 - 351 strán (strany) 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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... contains a hundred million tragedies—but it is also the saving sanity of the average family, the labor and love of men and women bearing the stream of life over a thousand obstacles. It is the wisdom Heroes of History 19.
... contains a hundred million tragedies—but it is also the saving sanity of the average family, the labor and love of men and women bearing the stream of life over a thousand obstacles. It is the wisdom Heroes of History 19.
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... the past; the splendor of our inheritance. Let us, varying Shakespeare's unhappy king, sit down and tell brave stories of noble women and great men. Chapter Two CONFUCIUS AND THE BANISHED ANGEL It will not 20 Will Durant.
... the past; the splendor of our inheritance. Let us, varying Shakespeare's unhappy king, sit down and tell brave stories of noble women and great men. Chapter Two CONFUCIUS AND THE BANISHED ANGEL It will not 20 Will Durant.
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... women, we are told, gamboled naked in the gardens of the queen. About 1123 B.C. a revolution overthrew Chou Hsin, and the Middle Kingdom, as the Chinese called their country, fell into a medley of semiduchies, whose semi-independence ...
... women, we are told, gamboled naked in the gardens of the queen. About 1123 B.C. a revolution overthrew Chou Hsin, and the Middle Kingdom, as the Chinese called their country, fell into a medley of semiduchies, whose semi-independence ...
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... women. Confucius became the idol of the people.” This is too good to be true, and in any case proved too good to endure. Criminals put their heads together, and laid snares for the Master's feet. Neighboring states, say the historians ...
... women. Confucius became the idol of the people.” This is too good to be true, and in any case proved too good to endure. Criminals put their heads together, and laid snares for the Master's feet. Neighboring states, say the historians ...
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... women? As not seeing them, Ananda. And if we should see them, what are we to do? No talking, Ananda. But if they should speak to us, Lord, what are we to do? Keep wide-awake, Ananda. Buddha's conception of religion was purely ethical ...
... women? As not seeing them, Ananda. And if we should see them, what are we to do? No talking, Ananda. But if they should speak to us, Lord, what are we to do? Keep wide-awake, Ananda. Buddha's conception of religion was purely ethical ...
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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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