The Greatest Minds and Ideas of All Time

Tolstoi, Leo, 41, 54, 79, 87

tools, influence of, 99-100

Torquemada, Tomás de, 109

Trelawny, Edward John, 57-59

Trojan War, 33, 37

Troy, 32, 39

Tschaikowsky, Peter, 77-78, 107

Tse-Kung, 13

Tu Fu, 46

Turgenev, Ivan, 41, 79, 87

Turkey, 112

Turks, 71-72

Turner, Joseph Mallord William, 77, 107

Tuscany, 58

United States, 36, 60-62, 79, 91, 96, 105-6, 115, 117

Utopia, 21

Van Dyke, Anthony, 75, 107, 114

Vanini, Lucilio, 73

Vanity Fair (

Thackeray), 79, 87

Vasari, Giorgio, 73, 84

Vatican, 73

Vega, Lope de, 51, 74

Velázquez, Diego Rodriguez de Silva, 75, 91, 107, 114

Venus, 43

Verdi, Giuseppe, 77, 107

Verlaine, Paul, 54, 78

Vermeer, Jan, 114

Vesalius, Andreas, 73

Villon, François, 48, 54

Virgil, 44, 50-51, 54, 60, 71, 83, 107, 111

Voltaire, 24-27, 30, 51, 74, 76, 86, 107, 117

Wagner, Richard, 77, 107

War and Peace (Tolstoi), 79, 87

Washington, George, 107, 117

Waterloo, 104, 111

Watt, James, 115-16

Watteau, Antoine, 76

Wells, H. G., 5, 68-69, 73, 80, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 88

Westminster Abbey, 64-65

Whistler, James Abbott McNeill, 77, 107

Whitman,Walt, 4, 31, 59-63, 79, 88, 107

Williams, H. S., 69-70, 72, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

Wollstonecraft, Mary, 30, 76, 86

World War I, 80, 116

writing, 103-4

Zeno of Citium, 18, 30, 70

About the Author

Will Durant (1885-1981) was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1968) and the Medal of Freedom (1977). He spent more than fifty years writing his critically acclaimed The Story of Civilization (the later volumes written in conjunction with his wife, Ariel) and capped off his magnificent career with Heroes of History, written when Durant was ninety-two. His book The Story of Philosophy is credited with introducing more people to the subject of philosophy than any other work. Throughout his life, Durant was passionate in his quest to bring philosophy out of the ivory towers of academia and into the lives of laypeople. A champion of human rights issues such as the brotherhood of man and social reform long before such issues were popular, Durant, through his writings, continues to entertain and educate readers the world over, inspiring millions of people to lead lives of greater perspective, understanding, and forgiveness.

About the Editor

John Little is the world’s foremost authority on the life, work, and philosophy of Will Durant. Little is the only person ever authorized by the Will Durant estate to review and use the entirety of Durant’s writings, personal letters, journals, and essays. He is the founder and director of The Will Durant Foundation (www.willdurant.com) and has lectured on philosophy in Trinity College, Dublin, and the National Museum of Film & Television (England). In addition, he writes books and magazine articles on philosophy, men’s health, and conditioning, and is an award-winning documentary filmmaker.

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