The Lessons of History Author:Will Durant, Ariel Durant The Lessons of History is a profound yet accessible distillation of the vital lessons derived from the famed historians' five decades of research and reflection on philosophy and the history of humankind. It is based on The Story of Civilization, the 11-volume masterpiece of world history for the general reader. This revised and expanded edition... more », available only on audio, includes two previously unpublished essays.« less
Well, no one writes like this any more. Great, soaring allusions, might be too much for this politically correct world. Their racial analysis alone is way out of date, even for 1968.