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Will Durant (1885–1981)

Author of The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

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Will Durant was born in North Adams, Massachusetts on November 5, 1885. He received an undergraduate degree at St. Peter's College in New Jersey and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Columbia University. His first book, Philosophy and the Social Problem, was published in 1917. His other works include The Story of Philosophy, The Mansions of Philosophy, and the ten-volume The Story of Civilization. By the time the seventh volume was published in 1961, his wife Ariel Durant was listed as a coauthor for her diligent assistance on the project. In 1968 they received the Pulitzer Prize for Rousseau and Revolution. The husband and wife team also wrote A Dual Autobiography in 1977. He died on November 7, 1981. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers… (more)
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The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest… (Author) 4,073 copies, 26 reviews
The Life of Greece 1,756 copies, 9 reviews
Our Oriental Heritage (Author) 1,684 copies, 18 reviews
Caesar and Christ 1,680 copies, 11 reviews
The Lessons of History 1,656 copies, 32 reviews
The Reformation 1,607 copies, 9 reviews
The Renaissance 1,553 copies, 4 reviews
The Age of Faith 1,504 copies, 9 reviews
The Age of Louis XIV 1,411 copies, 4 reviews
Rousseau and Revolution 1,400 copies, 7 reviews
The Age of Voltaire (Author) 1,395 copies, 4 reviews
The Age of Reason Begins 1,387 copies, 7 reviews
The Age of Napoleon 1,270 copies, 9 reviews
The Complete Story of Civilization 1,095 copies, 14 reviews
The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time 387 copies, 3 reviews
The pleasures of philosophy 317 copies, 3 reviews
Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to… 263 copies, 3 reviews
Will & Ariel Durant: A Dual Autobiography 132 copies, 1 review
Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God 119 copies, 1 review
Interpretations of Life: A Survey of Contemporary Literature: The Lives… 80 copies
On the Meaning of Life 64 copies
Transition (Fireside Books (Holiday House)) 49 copies
The case for India 35 copies, 1 review
Story of Civilization 10 Volumes 32 copies
Philosophy and the Social Problem: The Annotated Edition 25 copies, 1 review
The Story Of Philosophy: From Plato To Voltaire And The French… 23 copies
The Story Of Philosophy: From Kant To William James And The American… 19 copies
Our Oriental Heritage: Part 2 - Judea, Persia, India, and her Neighbours 15 copies
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Great Men of Literature 11 copies
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Der alte Orient und Indien 10 copies
The Life of Greece: Part 2 - The Golden Age 9 copies
Adventures in Philosophy 9 copies
Glanz und Zerfall der italienischen Renaissance 8 copies
Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit XIV. Das Zeitalter Voltaires. 8 copies
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Outlines of Philosophy. 4 copies
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The Story of Civilization - 7 Volumes 3 copies
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قصة الحضارة - الإصلاح الدينى 1 copy
قصة الحضارة - حياة اليونان 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 4 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
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Filisofía, Cultura y Vida vol 2 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 14 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 5 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 8 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 10 قصة الحضارة الملد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 11 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 12 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 13 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 15 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
Povestea filosofiei: Viețile și ideile celor mai importanți filosofi… 1 copy, 1 review
The Story of Civilization Volume 16 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 17 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 18 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 19 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 20 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
قصة الحضارة - عصر الإيمان 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 22 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
The Story of Civilization Volume 21 قصة الحضارة المجلد… 1 copy
Lood filosoofia ajaloost. Sokrates, Platon, Aristoteles / I, Vana-Kreeka 1 copy
Filosofia da Vida.Os Problemas Filosóficos da Existência Humana Livro 1 1 copy
An Invitation to Philosophy: Essays and Talks on the Love of Wisdom 1 copy
The Age of Louis XIV, Part 1 of 2 1 copy
Socialism and anarchism, 1 copy
Anatole France : the man and his work 1 copy
La edad de la fe. Tomo II 1 copy
La edad de la fe, TOMO I. (Traducción de C. A. Jordana) 1 copy
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The Story of Civilization - Vol.s VII-XI 1 copy
Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit (25 von 32 Bdn.) 1 copy
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قصة الفلسفة 1 copy
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Filosofi 7-11-1 1 copy
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World History (multi-volume) 1 copy
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The Greek Historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Arrian 1 copy
A program for America. 1 copy
The story of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy (Little blue book No. 19) 1 copy
Story of Philosophy Part II, The 1 copy
La Grecia: Da Socrate all'Ellenismo 1 copy
L' epoca della fede. To. 2, Arabi ed ebrei 1 copy
A guide to Spinoza (Little blue book) 1 copy
OBRAS FILOSOFICAS V 1 copy
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Le Lezioni della storia 3-5-1 1 copy
قصة الحضارة - ملخص 1 copy
قصة الحضارة: الشرق الأقصى الصين 1 copy
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Van Socrates tot Bergson 1 copy
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Lood filosoofia ajaloost 1 copy
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Vies et doctrines des philisophes 1 copy
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תולדות התרבות [הציביליזציה]. הרנסאנס. כרך… 1 copy
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Durant, William James
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DURANT, William James
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Date of birth
1885-11-05
Date of death
1981-11-07
Burial location
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Birthplace
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Place of death
Los Angeles, California, USA
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North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
Education
Saint Peter's College (1907)
Cambridge University (1917)
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Durant, Ariel (wife)
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American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1959)
Ferrer Modern School
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Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Pulitzer Prize (literature | 1967)
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