Ariel Durant, who collaborated with her husband Will Durant in the 11-volume series ''The Story of Civilization,'' which included the 1968 Pulitzer Prize-...
518 months ago

The works of 20th-century Pulitzer historians Will and Ariel Durant offer much that more recently published books lack. The couple worked as...
23 months ago

Will Durant and his child bride, Ariel, have finished their life work and passion. Today is the 90th birthday of the historian.
590 months ago

Will and Ariel Durant offer three lessons of biological history. Human history is a fragment of biological history. If we are to learn enduring lessons it...
38 months ago

Memorial services for historian and author Will Durant, who died Saturday at the age of 96, were scheduled for Friday at Westwood Memorial Park.
518 months ago

The essential cause of Rome's decline lay in her people, morals, class struggle, failing trade, bureaucratic despotism, stifling taxes,...
45 months ago

Historian and philosopher Will Durant, who shared a Pulitzer Prize with his wife for their epic 'Story of Civilization,' died during the...
518 months ago

The book itself is a curious artefact, not showy in its technology but complex and extremely efficient: a really neat little device,...
71 months ago

Chesterton's Fence is a principle that reminds us to look before we leap. To understand before we act. It's a cautionary reminder to understand why something...
38 months ago

William James Durant (November 5, 1885–November 7, 1981) predicted China's recovery and rise as long ago as 1931.
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