What did Will Durant mean by: There is hardly an absurdity of the past that cannot be found flourishing somewhere in the present. Will Durant Historian · USA Copy
Man became free when he recognized that he was subject to law. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Freedom, Law, Recognition, 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
In philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Distance, Philosophy, Politics, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
The individual succumbs, but he does not die if he has left something to mankind. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Humanity, Immortality, Legacy, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
From barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Progress, Reversal, Society, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
+ Christianity did not destroy paganism; it adopted it. Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Will Durant, Assimilation, Religion, Transformation, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
Tolerance grows only when faith loses certainty; certainty is murderous. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Certainty, Faith, Tolerance, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
For you will sorely miss civilization if it is sacrificed in the turbulence of change. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, Will Durant, Progress, Reflection, Survival, 0 Will Durant Historian · USA
Fight any instinct to be humorless, for humorlessness is the worst of all absurdities. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. Read explanation Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Tradition does not mean to look after the ash, but to keep the flame alive. Jean Jaures Politician and philosopher · France
As it was in the beginning, … is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
