The Lessons of History
by Will Durant
Category: History
Book Reviews
5 books to build big, worldwide perspective
1. Lessons of History (Durant)
2. Factfulness (Rosling)
3. Ten Global Trends (Bailey & Tupy)
4. How the World Really Works (Smil)
5. Against the Gods (Bernstein)
Bonus. The Prize (Yergin)
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Billions of human lifetimes have passed. You have only one. You can try to figure it out all for yourself in your limited time.
Or you can gain some leverage from the lessons of history.
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What is one book that is a quick and easy read, but contains a tremendous amount of wisdom?
A few examples:
- The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant
- Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
- Manual for Living by Epictetus
- A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy
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@_TamaraWinter Great question!
Impro, The Lessons of History, The Tao of Philosophy, and Class by Fussell
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