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New page: '''Will Durant''' (1885-1981) is a Pulitzer Prize winning author of many books on philosophy and history. His first book, published in 1917, which became very popular was t...
'''Will Durant''' (1885-1981) is a [[Pulitzer Prize]] winning [[author]] of many books on [[philosophy]] and [[history]]. His first book, published in 1917, which became very popular was titled ''"[[Philosophy and the Social Problem]]",'' in which he proposed the theory that philosophy had not grown because it avoided the actual problems of society.
Partial Bibliography:
* Philosophy and the Social Problem - published 1917
* A Guide to Plato - 1922
* The Story of Aristotle's Philosophy - 1922
* The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant - 1924
* Voltaire and the French Enlightenment - 1924
* The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers - 1926.
* The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny - 1929
Durant is perhaps best known for his multiple volume set "The Story of Civilization" Volumes I - XI:
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. 1: Our Oriental Heritage - 1935
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. II: The Life of Greece - 1939.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. III: Caesar and Christ -1944
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. IV: The Age of Faith - 1950
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. V: The Renaissance - 1953.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. VI: The Reformation - 1957.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. VII: The Age of Reason Begins - 1961.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. VIII: The Age of Louis XIV - 1963.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. IX: The Age of Voltaire - 1965.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. X: Rousseau and Revolution - 1967.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. XI: The Age of Napoleon - 1975.
The later volumes were co-written with his wife, [[Ariel Durant]].
Durant received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 1977 from President [[Gerald Ford]].
==References==
* http://www.medaloffreedom.com/WillDurant.htm
* http://www.willdurant.com/home.html
* http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/Miscellania/Durant.html
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Partial Bibliography:
* Philosophy and the Social Problem - published 1917
* A Guide to Plato - 1922
* The Story of Aristotle's Philosophy - 1922
* The Philosophy of Immanuel Kant - 1924
* Voltaire and the French Enlightenment - 1924
* The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the Greater Philosophers - 1926.
* The Mansions of Philosophy: A Survey of Human Life and Destiny - 1929
Durant is perhaps best known for his multiple volume set "The Story of Civilization" Volumes I - XI:
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. 1: Our Oriental Heritage - 1935
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. II: The Life of Greece - 1939.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. III: Caesar and Christ -1944
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. IV: The Age of Faith - 1950
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. V: The Renaissance - 1953.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. VI: The Reformation - 1957.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. VII: The Age of Reason Begins - 1961.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. VIII: The Age of Louis XIV - 1963.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. IX: The Age of Voltaire - 1965.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. X: Rousseau and Revolution - 1967.
* The Story of Civilization. Vol. XI: The Age of Napoleon - 1975.
The later volumes were co-written with his wife, [[Ariel Durant]].
Durant received the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] in 1977 from President [[Gerald Ford]].
==References==
* http://www.medaloffreedom.com/WillDurant.htm
* http://www.willdurant.com/home.html
* http://www.erasmatazz.com/library/Miscellania/Durant.html
{{DEFAULTSORT: Durant, Will}}
[[Category:Authors]]
[[Category:Philosophers]]
[[Category:Historians]]