Jacques Barzun





Jacques Barzun

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November 30, 1907 in Créteil, France

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Jacques Martin Barzun is a French-born American historian of ideas and culture.


Average rating: 4.03 · 1,579 ratings · 197 reviews · 58 distinct works
From Dawn to Decadence: 500...
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 1,057 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions
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The House of Intellect
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1959 — 4 editions
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A Jacques Barzun Reader: Se...
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Simple & Direct
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions
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The Culture We Deserve
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Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Criti...
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1941 — 5 editions
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Teacher in America
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1944 — 4 editions
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The Modern Researcher (with...
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Begin Here: The Forgotten C...
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Classic, Romantic, and Modern
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1943 — 3 editions
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“Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”
Jacques Barzun

“Convince yourself that you are working in clay, not marble, on paper not eternal bronze: Let that first sentence be as stupid as it wishes.”
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“Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. ”
Jacques Barzun



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