Story Of Philosophy By Will Durant Exclusive Jun 2026

In the world of intellectual history, few names carry as much weight as . While many academic texts treat philosophy like a cold autopsy of dead ideas, Durant treated it like a living, breathing drama. His seminal work, The Story of Philosophy , first published in 1926, didn’t just summarize theories; it humanized the giants upon whose shoulders we stand.

“A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.” story of philosophy by will durant exclusive

: Praised by Durant for his earnest effort to live his own philosophy . Voltaire In the world of intellectual history, few names

Will Durant First Published: 1926 Genre: Non-Fiction / History of Ideas “A little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism;

In the final chapter, “The Recovery of Philosophy,” Durant makes his last plea. Philosophy has been exiled to the university, trapped in linguistic puzzles and footnotes. But the world is burning with old hatreds and new machines. He calls for a philosophy that can guide statesmen, comfort the lonely, and inspire the young. “We are what we repeatedly do,” he paraphrases Aristotle. “Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”