an abbreviated version of his highly acclaimed book series The Story of Civilization.
Durant formulated a tentative list of the figures from history he thought would be of interest and benefit to a modern audience. His list ranged from Confucius and Li Po to Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman.
average person to learn of achievements and lives of the greater men and women of history
expound on the profound significance of the poets, artists, statesmen, and philosophers that peopled the landscape of human history.
his final attempt at communicating his ethos of history as philosophy:
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