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William James Durant was an American historian and philosopher, best known for his eleven-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations. It was written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as "a groundbreaking work th…
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Born 5 November 1885 · Died 7 November 1981 · Q333911
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The British conquest of India was the invasion and destruction of a high civilization by a trading company utterly without scruple or principle, careless of art and greedy of gain, over-running with fire and sword a country temporarily disordered and helpless, bribing and murdering, annexing and stealing, and beginning their career of illegal and
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“I am prepared to have you put me down as an atheist, since I have reluctantly abandoned belief in a personal and loving God. But I am loath to leave the word God out of my life and creed,”
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“The British conquest of India was the invasion and destruction of a high civilization by a trading company utterly without scruple or principle, careless of art and greedy of gain, over-running with fire and sword a country temporarily disordered and helpless, bribing and murdering, annexing and stealing, and beginning their career of illegal and”
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Rolling Out: Will Durant play tonight? The answer could sink the Rockets
Died 1981-11-07.
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“Sixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”
“Tiap ilmu dimulai dengan filsafat dan diakhiri dengan seni. Muncul dalam hipotesis dan berkembang ke keberhasilan.”
Won Presidential Medal of Freedom presented by Gerald Ford (1977).
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President Gerald Ford awarded each the Presidential Medal of Freedom
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The Durants received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
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Awarded Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1968).
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And the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977
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And it had been intended for inclusion in the Bulletin of the Asia Institute (formerly, the Bulletin of the American Institute for Persian, then Iranian, Art and Archaeology), Vol
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Attended by over 400 people including Thomas Mann and Bette Davis
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Durant was approached by two leaders of the Jewish and Christian faiths, Meyer David and Christian Richard, about starting "a movement, to raise moral standards
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Published Tragedy of Russia: Impressions from a Brief Visit and soon afterward, he published The Lesson of Russia
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Durant visited British India to collect information for The Story of Civilization
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And became a bestseller, giving the Durants the financial independence that allowed them to travel the world several times and spend four decades writing The Story of Civilization
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While working on a doctorate in philosophy at Columbia University, he wrote his first book, Philosophy and the Social Problem
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The year he also served as an instructor in philosophy
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Embarked on a different pursuit: the dissemination of culture
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Resigned his post as teacher and married the 15-year-old Ariel Kaufman; they had one daughter, Ethel, and a "foster" son, Louis, whose mother was Flora—Ariel's sister
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Durant worked as a reporter for Arthur Brisbane's New York Evening Journal
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Began experimenting with socialist philosophy, but, after World War I, he began recognizing that a "lust for power" underlie all forms of political behavior
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Durant enrolled at Saint Peter's College (now Saint Peter's University), also in Jersey City, where he graduated in 1907
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Born 1885-11-05.
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