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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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Will Durant

The Life of Greece (1939) 1,805 exemplars
The Lessons of History (1968) 1,742 exemplars
Our Oriental Heritage (1935) — Autor — 1,736 exemplars
Caesar and Christ (1944) 1,728 exemplars
The Reformation (1957) 1,658 exemplars
The Renaissance (1953) 1,596 exemplars
The Age of Faith (1950) 1,549 exemplars
The Age of Louis XIV (1963) 1,448 exemplars
Rousseau and Revolution (1967) 1,431 exemplars
The Age of Voltaire (1965) — Autor — 1,430 exemplars
The Age of Reason Begins (1961) 1,426 exemplars
The Age of Napoleon (1975) 1,304 exemplars
The Complete Story of Civilization (1963) 1,145 exemplars
The pleasures of philosophy (1929) 321 exemplars
On the Meaning of Life (2005) 64 exemplars
The case for India (1930) 34 exemplars
Great Men of Literature (1931) 11 exemplars
Der alte Orient und Indien (1979) 10 exemplars
Adventures in Philosophy (2008) 9 exemplars
Adventures in Genius (1931) 8 exemplars
Das frühe Mittelalter (1978) 6 exemplars
Outlines of Philosophy. (1962) 4 exemplars
Filosofia da Vida 3 exemplars
Caesar And Christ Part 1 Of 2 (1994) 2 exemplars
Caesar And Christ Part 2 Of 2 (1994) 2 exemplars
The Reformation Part 1 Of 3 (1997) 2 exemplars
The Renaissance Part 2 Of 2 (1995) 2 exemplars
Cezar i Hrist 1 exemplars
The Case for India 1 exemplars
Romaveldi - Vol II 1 exemplars
قصة الفلسفة (2016) 1 exemplars
Romaveldi - Vol I 1 exemplars
Filosofi 7-11-1 1 exemplars
La edad de la fe. Tomo II (1970) 1 exemplars
OBRAS FILOSOFICAS V (1969) 1 exemplars
The Life Of Greece Part 2 Of 2 (1994) 1 exemplars
Socialism and anarchism, (1914) 1 exemplars
Lood filosoofia ajaloost (1998) 1 exemplars
islam medeniyeti 1 exemplars

Obres associades

An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Col·laborador — 131 exemplars
Los Angeles 200: A Bicentennial Celebration (1980) — Pròleg — 35 exemplars
The Works of Schopenhauer (1928) — Editor, algunes edicions28 exemplars
The American Legion Reader (1953) — Col·laborador — 4 exemplars

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Nom oficial
Durant, William James
Altres noms
DURANT, William James
DURANT, Will
Data de naixement
1885-11-05
Data de defunció
1981-11-07
Lloc d'enterrament
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, USA
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
USA
Lloc de naixement
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA
Lloc de defunció
Los Angeles, California, USA
Llocs de residència
North Adams, Massachusetts, USA (birth)
Educació
Saint Peter's College (1907)
Cambridge University (1917)
Professions
historian
writer
author
librarian
Relacions
Durant, Ariel (wife)
Organitzacions
American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1959)
Ferrer Modern School
Premis i honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom (1977)
Pulitzer Prize (literature|1967)
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Please do NOT combine this page with the various forms of "Will and Ariel Durant". Single authors should never be combined with multiples. Thank you.

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Converses

The Story of Civilization by the Durants: Yea or Nay? a Non-Fiction Readers (desembre 2021)
Will Durant a Philosophy and Theory (juliol 2010)

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Obres
256
També de
5
Membres
26,370
Popularitat
#793
Valoració
4.0
Ressenyes
198
ISBN
368
Llengües
13
Preferit
33

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