The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time

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Beschreibung

In this remarkable little book, Will Durant answers the questions that most people would have wanted to ask him - what are the conclusions he drew from the experience of a long lifetime; what eras, individuals, and achievements stand out as being the most significant? Who, for example, could be legitimately classified as the greatest thinkers in human history? Who were the truly great poets, the ones that plucked notes upon heartstrings that continue to resonate hundreds and thousands of years after their passing? And what are the absolute best books one should read in order to receive a meaningful - and useful - education? As Will Durant was repeatedly asked to "weigh in" on such matters, he, over the course of his career, responded to the increasing public demand for such qualified assessments by putting pen to paper and crafting a series of essays containing his personal rankings of human achievement. These essays have been brought together for the first time in this book.

Über den Autor

Will Durant (1885–1981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977). He spent more than fifty years writing his critically acclaimed eleven-volume series, The Story of Civilization (the later volumes written in conjunction with his wife, Ariel). A champion of human rights issues, such as the brotherhood of man and social reform, long before such issues were popular, Durant’s writing still educates and entertains readers around the world.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Introduction

Chapter One

A Shameless Worship of Heroes

Chapter Two

The Ten "Greatest" Thinkers

Chapter Three

The Ten "Greatest" Poets

Chapter Four

The One Hundred "Best" Books for an Education

Chapter Five

The Ten "Peaks" of Human Progress

Chapter Six

Twelve Vital Dates in World History

Index

Copyright © 2002 by John Little, Monica Ariel Mihell, and William James Durant Easton

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2003
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Importe , Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780743235532
ISBN-10:	0743235533
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Durant, Will
Redaktion:	Little, John R.
Hersteller:	Simon & Schuster UK Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	211 x 133 x 17 mm
Von/Mit:	Will Durant
Erscheinungsdatum:	22.04.2003
Gewicht:	0,214 kg