希腊的生活 （世界文明史 #02）

by Will Durant, 威尔·杜兰特

本书讲述了在西方文化中，除机械以外，几乎没有一样现世的事物不是自希腊流传下来的。如果希腊遗产不仅包含希腊人所发明的东西，而且包含他们从旧文明修改后，经由各种路线流传下来的许多事物，我们便会在现活的每一方面部找到此种遗产。<*r>　　希腊义明的起源、成长、成熟与衰微，其复杂的文化兴衰中微妙而非人为的升沉，及其基本因素的变迁，足以成为后世好的殷鉴。而当希腊文明凋谢，罗马人将其科学、哲学、义学、艺术传给欧洲人，从而成为现代世界生动活泼的文化基石。

618 pages, Hardcover

Published February 1, 2017

About the author

William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for the 11-volume The Story of Civilization, written in collaboration with his wife Ariel and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for his book, The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926, which was considered "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy."

They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1967 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.