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Story Of Philosophy By Will Durant Info

Plato’s ideal republic, Bacon’s scientific utopia, Voltaire’s campaign for justice (the Calas affair), Nietzsche’s aristocratic radicalism—Durant shows how political systems reflect deeper metaphysical assumptions. He is particularly sympathetic to Voltaire’s fight against dogma and Spinoza’s defense of democracy.

Durant views the Greeks through a lens of nostalgia for order. He presents Plato not as a rigid idealist, but as a poet-king trying to save civilization from the chaos of democracy and demagoguery. In Durant’s view, Plato’s Republic is not just political theory; it is a design for a stable society. With Aristotle, he celebrates the encyclopedic scope of the mind, marking the transition from the dreamy idealism of Plato to the grounded realism of Aristotle—the beginning of science. story of philosophy by will durant

  • Each chapter includes:

    • Plato’s ideal republic, Bacon’s scientific utopia, Voltaire’s campaign for justice (the Calas affair), Nietzsche’s aristocratic radicalism—Durant shows how political systems reflect deeper metaphysical assumptions. He is particularly sympathetic to Voltaire’s fight against dogma and Spinoza’s defense of democracy.

    Durant views the Greeks through a lens of nostalgia for order. He presents Plato not as a rigid idealist, but as a poet-king trying to save civilization from the chaos of democracy and demagoguery. In Durant’s view, Plato’s Republic is not just political theory; it is a design for a stable society. With Aristotle, he celebrates the encyclopedic scope of the mind, marking the transition from the dreamy idealism of Plato to the grounded realism of Aristotle—the beginning of science.

  • Each chapter includes: