Great men of literature : taken from Adventures in genius / by Will Durant.

Author/creator Durant, Will
Format Book
Publication InfoGarden City, N. Y. : Garden City publishing co., inc., 1931.
Descriptionx, xv-xvii, 315 pages : including frontispiece portraits ; 21 cm.

SeriesStar Books
Star books. ^A457217
Contents pt. I. Adventures in suggestion: The ten "greatest" thinkers: Confucius, Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Copernicus, Bacon, Newton, Voltaire, Kant, Darwin. The ten (i. e. nine) "greatest" poets: Homer, "David", Euripides, Lucretius, Dante, Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Whitman. One hundred best books for an education.--pt. II. Adventures in philosophy: The philosophy of Spengler. The philosophy of Keyserling. Bertrand Russell on marriage and morals.--pt. III. Adventures in literature: In praise of Flaubert. Anatole France. John Cowper Powys.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Other titleAdventures in genius.

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Joyner General Stacks AC8 .D842 1931 ✔ Available Place Hold