A brilliant and concise account of the lives and ideas of the great philosophers -- Plato, Aristotle, Bacon, Spinoza, Voltaire, Kant, Schopenhauer, Spencer, Nietzsche, Bergson, Croce, Russell, Santayana, James and Dewey -- "The Story of...

Mit Die Lehren der Geschichte haben die Historiker und Pulitzer-Preisträger Will und Ariel Durant eine kompakte und meisterhafte Bestandsaufnahme der Kultur und Zivilisation der Menschheit geschaffen. In ihrem anschaulichen Kompendium...

"Dr. Durant's outline includes not only lucid explanations of the great philosophies, but the careers of the philosophers and interpretations based upon the two-fold view, together with a host of good tales and merry quips by and about...

A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all time—listed in accessible and succinct form—by one of the world's greatest scholars. From the “Hundred Best Books” to the “Ten Greatest...

The Age of Napoleon: A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815 (His the Story of Civilization ; Pt. 11)