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Ariel Durant

Born

in Proskurov, Ukraine, Russian Empire

May 10, 1898

Died

October 25, 1981

Genre

Historical Fiction, History, Philosophy

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Ariel Durant was a Russian-born American researcher and writer, the co-author of The Story of Civilization with her husband Will Durant.

Durant was born Chaya Kaufman to Jewish parents Ethel Appel Kaufman and Joseph Kaufman. The family emigrated to the United States in 1901. She met her future husband while a student at Ferrer Modern School in New York City. Will was then a teacher at the school, but resigned his post to marry Ariel, who was fifteen at the time of the wedding on October 31, 1913.

Ariel and Will Durant were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 1968 for Rousseau and Revolution, the tenth volume of The Story of Civilization. In 1977 they were presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Gerald Ford, and ...more

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	(روسو و انقلاب (بخش یکم by Will Durant, Ariel Durant, ضیاءالدّین علائی طباطبائی (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 73,424 ratings — published 1887 — 268 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lessons of History by Will Durant, Ariel Durant 4.05 avg rating — 21,682 ratings — published 1968	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant, Ariel Durant 4.15 avg rating — 18,463 ratings — published 1926 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	世界文明史：东方的遗产 by Will Durant, Ariel Durant, 威尔·杜兰特 4.30 avg rating — 3,725 ratings — published 1935 — 82 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life of Greece (The Story of Civilization, Vol. 2) by Will Durant, Ariel Durant 4.38 avg rating — 2,517 ratings — published 1939 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	قیصر و مسیح by Will Durant, Ariel Durant (Editor), حمید عنایت (Translator) 4.41 avg rating — 2,190 ratings — published 1944 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Story of Civilization by Will Durant, Ariel Durant 4.43 avg rating — 1,831 ratings — published 1975	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Age of Faith, a History of Medieval Civilization From 325 to 1300.."the Story of Civilization" Series Part 4 IV Four by Will Durant, Ariel Durant 4.38 avg rating — 1,724 ratings — published 1950 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Những bài học lịch sử by Ariel Durant, Will S 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les leçons de l'Histoire by Ariel Durant, William Durant, Joel Te-Lessia Assoko (Translator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The present is the past rolled up for action, and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.”
― Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History

tags: history

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“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.”
― Ariel Durant

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“We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally content with probabilities.”
― Ariel Durant, The Lessons of History

tags: life

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