The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time
by Will Durant, John Little · first published 2002
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"From the "Hundred Best Books" to the "Ten Greatest Thinkers" to the "Ten Greatest Poets" here is a concise collection of the world's most signficant knowledge. For the better part of a century - Will Durant dwelled upon - and wrote about - the most significant eras, individuals, and achievements of human history. His selections have finally been brought together in a single, compact volume. Durant eloquently defends his choices of the greatest minds and ideas, but he also stimulates readers into forming their own opinions, encouraging them to shed their surroundings and biases and enter "The
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The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time by Will Durant... http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/78162.The_Greatest_Minds_... Durant has a remarkably well thought out list of book recommendations on what makes an educated person-- I thought I…
on “Ask HN: What are you reading?” ↗…and women who also worked and loved, wrote songs and made beautiful things, but whose names and very being have been lost in the careless flow of time." - Will Durant While I have only read his "The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time", his wife Ariel Durant and him co-wrote an 11 volume "biography" of civilization called "The Story of Civilization", which I believe deals with such things.
on “Life-size camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia are older than Stonehenge, pyramids” ↗