Will Durant


The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, #1)
The Life of Greece (The Story of Civilization, #2)
The Age of Faith (The Story of Civilization, #4)
The Reformation (The Story of Civilization #6)
Caesar and Christ (Story of Civilization, #3)
The Renaissance (The Story of Civilization, #5)
The Age of Voltaire (The Story of Civilization, #9)
The Age of Reason Begins (The Story of Civilization, #7)
The Age of Louis XIV (The Story of Civilization, #8)
Rousseau and Revolution (The Story of Civilization, #10)
The Lessons of History
The Age of Napoleon (The Story of Civilization, #11)
نشأة الحضارة: الشرق الأدنى (قصة الحضارة، #1)
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Will Durant
The constant steaming in of thoughts of others must suppress and confine our own and indeed in the long run paralyze the power of thought… The inclination of most scholars is a kind of fuga vacui ( latin for vacuum suction )from the poverty of their own mind , which forcibly draws in the thoughts of others… It is dangerous to read about a subject before we have thought about it ourselves… When we read, another person thinks for us; merely repeat his mental process. So it comes about that if anyb ...more
Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers

Will Durant
ارسطو ميگويد همه چيز، بارها و بارها كشف شده و از ياد رفته است. او به ما اطمينان خاطر ميدهد كه پيشرفت يك توهم است؛ امور انسان مانند درياست كه در سطح خود هزاران حركت و آشفتگي دارد و چنين به نظر مي رسد كه به سوي جايي پيش مي رود، در حالي كه در تهِ خود بالنسبه بي تغيير و آرام است. آنچه ما آن را پيشرفت مي خوانيم شايد فقط تغييرات سطحي محض باشد؛ توالي اي از سبك ها و مدها در لباس، حمل و نقل، حكومت، روان شناسي و دين، علم مسيحي، رفتارگرايي، دموكراسي، اتومبيل و شلوار پيشرفت نيستند، آنها تغييرند؛ آنها راه ها ...more
Will Durant, On the Meaning of Life

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