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The Lessons of History

Will Durant, Ariel Durant, Ni yu ping, Zhang kang · 2010

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Written by the authors of the 10 volume *The Story of Civilization*, this short (fewer than 120 pages) work notes "events and comments that might illuminate present affairs, future probabilities, the nature of man, and the conduct of states." Its 13 chapters discuss historiography (what is history), history and the earth, history and biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, war, growth and decay. The final chapter asks, "Is progress real?"

Book details

Year
2010
Language
English
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Editions
15
Reader rating
3.9 / 5 (7)
Pages
117
ISBN
9781439149959

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