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The Story of Civilization IX: The Age of Voltaire by Will and Ariel Durant is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Story of Civilization IX: The Age of Voltaire about?
The Age of Voltaire is the penultimate volume in the monumental Durant series chronicling The Story of Civilization, representing almost fifty years of dedicated research, exacting scholarship and creative and inspiring authorship. It is by far the best known, most popular and most comprehensive history of mankind now available, forming a vast panoramic picture of civilization, from the earliest days to the French Revolution. The nine volumes already published, now available in ten languages, have won the authors international acclaim and have become "basic books" in millions of homes the world over, constituting the foundation of a liberal education. It is not just the clarity, the "wisdom winged with wit" of their writing, their brilliant mastery of complex fact, that have won the Durants so great a global readership; it is, above all, their method—for it is the aim of Dr. and Mrs. Durant to present each period of history in total perspective, giving the reader an integrated and unified narrative of all the facets of a given age or culture — including government, economy, religion, morals, manners, literature, art, music, science and philosophy. Their history is not a chronicle o
Who reads The Story of Civilization IX: The Age of Voltaire?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Will and Ariel Durant
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction