Will Durant Quotes


Sixty years ago I knew everything. Now I know nothing. Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.


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Will Durant, 1885-1981, Historian, Quoted in "Books: The Great Gadfly", Time magazine, October 8, 1965

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Will Durant
Will Durant
  • Born: November 5, 1885
  • Died: November 7, 1981
  • Nationality: Russian, American
  • Profession: Historian, Writer, Philosopher, Teacher

William James Durant was a Russian born, historian, and philosopher. He became best known for his work “The Story of Civilization,” and acclaimed 11 volume series written over 50 years in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975. He was earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy (1926), described as "a groundbreaking work that helped to popularize philosophy". They were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1968 and in 1977, the Durants were presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.