Will Durant

Will Durant

Will Durant was born in 1885 and died in 1981., Will Durant has written at least 53 books. Their most popular book is The Lessons of History with 181 saves with an average rating of 3.81⭐.

Author Bio

William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for the 11-volume The Story of Civilization, written in collaboration with his wife Ariel and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for his book, The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926, which was considered "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy."

They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1967 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.

Authorship percentage indicates primary author status - excluding introductions, forewards and other contributions.

Series

11 primary books10 released books

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The Story of Civilization

The Story of Civilization is a 10-book series with 10 released primary works first released in 1926 with contributions by Will Durant and Ariel Durant.

#1
Our Oriental Heritage
#2
The Life of Greece
#3
Caesar and Christ
#4
The Age of Faith
#5
The Renaissance

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

قيصر والمسيح أو الحضارة الرومانية

قيصر والمسيح أو الحضارة الرومانية is a 1-book series first released in 1944 with contributions by Will Durant.

#3
Caesar and Christ

Series

1 primary book

Authored 100% of series

عصر فولتير

عصر فولتير is a 1-book series first released in 1887 with contributions by Will Durant and Ariel Durant.

#10
Rousseau and Revolution

Series

3 primary books0 released books

Authored 0% of series

قصة الحضارة

قصة الحضارة is a 0-book series first released in 1944 .