What did Will Durant mean by: In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line. Will Durant Historian · USA Copy
To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Communication, Diplomacy, Silence, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
+ As soon as liberty is complete it dies in anarchy. Author, October 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Will Durant, Anarchy, Death, Liberty, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
Which is now a more hopeful statement than Swift intended it to be. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Hope, Interpretation, Irony, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Cultural, Freedom, Order, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
The great snare of thought is uncritical acceptance of irrational assumptions. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Assumptions, Critical thinking, Rationality, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
+ Education is the transmission of civilization. Author, August 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Will Durant, Civilization, Education, Transmission, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
Liberty is a luxury of security; the free individual is a product and a mark of civilization. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Civilization, Liberty, Security, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
+ The past is not dead. Indeed, it is often not even past. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Will Durant, Continuity, Legacy, Memory, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
Always remember that the true meaning of Budo is that soft overcomes hard, small overcomes large. Mas Oyama Martial artist · South Korea
I’m not afraid of death. It’s the stake one puts up in order to play the game of life. Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination. Read explanation George Henry Lewes Philosopher and literary critic · England
