Heroes of History: A Brief History of Civilization from Ancient Times to the Dawn of the Modern AgeSimon and Schuster, 2002年4月23日 - 351页 In the tradition of his own bestselling masterpieces The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Will Durant traces the lives and ideas of those who have helped to define civilization, from its dawn to the beginning of the modern world. Heroes of History is a book of life-enhancing wisdom and optimism, complete with Durant's wit, knowledge, and unique ability to explain events and ideas in simple, exciting terms. It is the lessons of our heritage passed on for the edification and benefit of future generations—a fitting legacy from America's most beloved historian and philosopher. Will Durant's popularity as America's favorite teacher of history and philosophy remains undiminished by time. His books are accessible to readers of every kind, and his unique ability to compress complicated ideas and events into a few pages without ever "talking down" to the reader, enhanced by his memorable wit and a razor-sharp judgment about men and their motives, made all of his books huge bestsellers. Heroes of History carries on this tradition of making scholarship and philosophy understandable to the general reader, and making them good reading, as well. At the dawn of a new millennium and the beginning of a new century, nothing could be more appropriate than this brilliant book that examines the meaning of human civilization and history and draws from the experience of the past the lessons we need to know to put the future into context and live in confidence, rather than fear and ignorance. |
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第21页
... earth, his hair the grass and trees, his sweat the rain; and the insects that clung to his body became the human race.” At first, we are informed, “the people were like beasts, clothing themselves in skins, feeding on raw flesh, and ...
... earth, his hair the grass and trees, his sweat the rain; and the insects that clung to his body became the human race.” At first, we are informed, “the people were like beasts, clothing themselves in skins, feeding on raw flesh, and ...
第24页
... earth will be able to quarrel with you. . . . Recompense injury with kindness. . . . To those who are good I am good, and to those who are not good I am good; thus all get to be good. To those who are sincere I am sincere, and to those ...
... earth will be able to quarrel with you. . . . Recompense injury with kindness. . . . To those who are good I am good, and to those who are not good I am good; thus all get to be good. To those who are sincere I am sincere, and to those ...
第28页
... earth, drinking the lore of love from varied lips. So he wrote: Wine of the grapes, Goblets of gold— And a pretty maid of Wu. She comes on ponyback; she is fifteen. Blue-painted eyebrows— Shoes of pink brocade— But she sings ...
... earth, drinking the lore of love from varied lips. So he wrote: Wine of the grapes, Goblets of gold— And a pretty maid of Wu. She comes on ponyback; she is fifteen. Blue-painted eyebrows— Shoes of pink brocade— But she sings ...
第29页
... earth belonging to no man. The peach trees are in flower, and the water flows on. Or: I saw the moonlight before my couch, And wondered if it were not the frost on the ground. I raised my head and looked out on the mountain-moon; I ...
... earth belonging to no man. The peach trees are in flower, and the water flows on. Or: I saw the moonlight before my couch, And wondered if it were not the frost on the ground. I raised my head and looked out on the mountain-moon; I ...
第39页
... earth, like a harp, shiver into songs with the touch of my feet? Is it true that the dewdrops fall from the eyes of night when I am seen, and the morning light is glad when it wraps my body round? Is it true, is it true that your love ...
... earth, like a harp, shiver into songs with the touch of my feet? Is it true that the dewdrops fall from the eyes of night when I am seen, and the morning light is glad when it wraps my body round? Is it true, is it true that your love ...
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Philosophy and Poetry in the Old Testament | 55 |
The Road to Pericles | 67 |
The Golden Age of Athens | 78 |
The Human Christ | 159 |
The Growth of the Church | 170 |
The Renaissance I Around Leonardo | 184 |
The Renaissance II Rome | 214 |
The Renaissance III Venetian Sunset | 236 |
The Reformation I Wyclif and Erasmus | 245 |
The Reformation II 151755 Luther and the Communists | 267 |
The Catholic Reformation 151763 | 293 |
From Plato to Alexander | 94 |
The Roman Republic | 110 |
The Roman Revolution | 124 |
The Roman Empire 27 BCAD 180 | 141 |
Nero and Aurelius | 149 |
Shakespeare and Bacon | 306 |
Index | 331 |
About the Author | 349 |
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