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The Story of Civilization, Volume 2: The Life of Greece
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Apr 15, 2020
bookshelves: because-lent, greeks-and-romans, historical-context, non-fiction, philosophical, poetry-and-art, the-classics, war-is-hell
My nitpick is how Durant editorializes in places, such as dismissing sexuality with the biases of his time, or ascribing humanism to ideas too early for it. It stands out because he stays objective elsewhere (and because I’ve been reading extensively on those subjects from other sources).
Which makes it just as interesting an artifact, IMO. All history gets shared through some lens, and we do well to remember.
Which makes it just as interesting an artifact, IMO. All history gets shared through some lens, and we do well to remember.
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Apr 16, 2020 03:04PM
I haven't read this particular volume, but I adore this series. Such remarkable work.
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Yes! I lucked up on the whole series for $1 apiece at a used bookstore. I am very much looking forward to tackling each one.
Jealous! I randomly have 3 and 6-11 in hardback and 5 as an ebook. I need to get serious about hunting down my missing volumes at some point.
Yes dated but well wrtten! I have a nostalgic affinity to the Durants and to their collective research efforts.
