Will Durant (1885–1981)

Author of The Story of Philosophy

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The Story of Philosophy 2,511 copies, 15 reviews
The Life of Greece 1,065 copies, 2 reviews
Our Oriental Heritage 1,012 copies, 4 reviews
Caesar and Christ 1,009 copies, 5 reviews
The Reformation 964 copies, 1 review
The Age of Faith 924 copies, 2 reviews
The Renaissance 899 copies
The Age of Louis the XIV 853 copies
The Age of Voltaire 831 copies
Rousseau and Revolution 824 copies, 3 reviews
The Age of Reason Begins 819 copies, 1 review
The Age of Napoleon 765 copies, 3 reviews
The Lessons of History 634 copies, 8 reviews
The story of civilization 597 copies, 10 reviews

The pleasures of philosophy 187 copies

The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time 171 copies, 2 reviews

Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to… 141 copies, 1 review

Will & Ariel Durant: A Dual Autobiography 82 copies

Interpretations of Life: A Survey of Contemporary Literature: The Lives… (Author) 59 copies

Transition (Fireside Books (Holiday House)) 37 copies

The Story of Civilization 27 copies

On the Meaning of Life 23 copies

The Story of Philosophy: From Kant to William James and the American… 16 copies

The case for India 13 copies

Philosophy and the Social Problem 10 copies

The Works of Schopenhauer 10 copies

Van Socrates tot Bergson : hoofdfiguren uit de geschiedenis van het… 9 copies

Storia della civiltà 9 copies

In den hof der wĳsbegeerte : een critische uiteenzetting van de groote… 7 copies

The foundations of civilization 7 copies

Kulturgeschichte der Menschheit. Band 16: Am Vorabend der… 7 copies

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An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (Contributor) 108 copies

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Canonical name

Durant, Will

Legal name

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

Gender

male

Nationality

USA

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Birthplace

North Adams, Massachusetts, USA

Place of death

Los Angeles, California, USA

Places of residence

North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (birth)

Education

Saint Peter's College (1907)

Cambridge University (1917)

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Organizations

American Academy of Arts and Letters ( [1959])

Ferrer Modern School

Awards and honors

Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)

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