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BOOK REVIEW ON “PLEASURES OF PHILOSOPHY” BY WILL DURANT 1
ABOUT AUTHER
IN THE NAME OF ALLAH, THE MOST BENEFICENT THE MOST KIND
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BOOK REVIEW
On
BY
WILL DURANT
Prepared by
Makhdoom Hussain Hashmi
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There is a pleasure in philosophy, and a lure even in the mirages of metaphysics, which every student feels until the coarse necessities of physical existence drag him from the heights of thought into the mart of economic strife and gain
PLEASURES OF PHILOSOPHY
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Born : November 5, 1885): North Adams, Massachusetts
Died : November 7, 1981 (aged 96): Los Angeles, California
Occupation : Historian, writer, philosopher, teacher
Nationality : American Subjects : History, philosophy, religion Spouse : Ariel Durant Children : (01)Ethel Durant
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William James Durant (November 5, 1885– November 7, 1981) A prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher Best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel and published between 1935 and 1975
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Earlier noted for The Story of Philosophy, written in 1926
Will and Ariel Durant were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1968 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977
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Author : Will Durant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
New York USA
Publishing Year : 1953
Pages : 446
Price : $ 12
Parts : 09
Chapters : 24
Cover : Soft
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Twenty six pages of index and note about the achievements of writer
Almost one hundred and twenty books and writers have been referred to accomplish the task
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CHAPTER WISE SUMMARY
The book has been divided in nine parts and twenty four chapters
Part IChapter No 01 The lure of philosophy
Epistemologist Theologians
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Chapter No 02
What is Truth
Sensation vs Reason The Mystery of Knowledge Reason vs Instinct
PART TWO
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Chapter 03 Matter Life and Mind
Agnostic Materialism Idealism What is Matter Life The Idealist Replies Synthesis
PART THREE
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Chapter 04 Is Man a Machine
Perspective Mechanism Determinism The age of Biology
PART THREE
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PROBLEMS OF MORALITY
Chapter No 05 Our Changing Morals
The Relativity of Morals The Agricultural Code The Industrial Code Our Immoral Elders The family
PART FOUR
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PROBLEMS OF MORALITY
Chapter No 06 Morality and Immorality
Morality as Intelligence Natural Morality The Larger Morality Sex and Morality
PART FOUR
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Chapter No 07 Love
Why Do We Love A Biological
Approach The Psychological
Foundation The Spiritual
Development
PART FOUR
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Chapter 08
Men and Women The War of Love Differences of Character Intellectual Differences Woman and Genius Are these Differences Innate
PART FOUR
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Chapter No 09 The Modern Woman
The Great Change Causes Our Daughters
PART FOUR
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Chapter No 10 The Breakdown of Marriages
The Evolution of Marriages The Dissolution of Marriage The Reconstruction of Marriage On Having Babies
PART FOUR
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Chapter No 11
About Children : A Confession Personal Physical Moral Erotic Mental
PART FOUR
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Chapter No 12
The Reconstruction of Character The Element of Character The Negative Character The Positive Character Remaking Character
PART FOUR
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Chapter No 13
What is Beauty? The Sense of Beauty among Philosopher The Sense of Beauty in Animals Primary Beauty Secondary Beauty Tertiary Beauty
PART FIVE
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Chapter No 14
The Meaning of History: A Symposium
The theological Interpretation of History The Geographical Interpretation of History The Racial Interpretation of History The Economic Interpretation of History The psychological Interpretation of History Composite History
PART SIX
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Chapter No 15
Is Progress A Delusion The Youth of Progress Progress in Excelsis ( height) The Case against Progress Minor Considerations
PART SIX
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Chapter No 16
The Destiny of Civilization Post Bellum Neurosis The Morality of Nation Economics and Civilization Biology/Sociology and civilization The Future in America
PART SIX
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Chapter No 17
In Praise of Freedom Liquor and Liberty The Religion of Liberty Anarchism The Difficulties of Freedom
PART SEVEN
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Chapter No 18
Is Democracy A Failure? The origins of Democracy The Decay of Democracy The Mechanism of Democracy
PART SEVEN
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Chapter No 19
Aristocracy Salvaging Aristocracy Forms of Government Statesmanship Conservatism Govt and Culture The Faults of Aristocracy
PART SEVEN
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Chapter No 20
How We Made Utopia On the Uses of Utopia The Mayor Rises Government by Education Socialism by Millionaires Financing Utopia
PART SEVEN
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Chapter No 21
The Making of Religion Animism Magic Totems and Taboos Ancestor-worship Paganism
PART EIGHT
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Chapter No 22
From Confucius to Christ Confucius Mysticism Judaism Christianity Catholicism and Protestantism
PART EIGHT
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Chapter No 23 God and Immortality
Immortality The Dead God The Function of Religion The New God
PART EIGHT
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Chapter No 24 On Life and Death
Childhood Youth Middle Age Death
PART NINE
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It is said that once a mind is open, it never returns to it original size, books like this add and hasten that expansion
The reader is able to make the subject enjoyable and attractive, although the subject philosophy is considered as dry and dull
COMMENTS
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The overall impact of the book is quite powerful The book is an anthology of different philosophical ideas and theories of almost one hundred and twenty philosophers and writer, so without sufficient background knowledge of philosophy, one cannot understand most of the ideas presented in the book
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The style of writer is convincing and encouraging for readers but he does not explain difficult terminologies for beginners The core text draws upon the author's lifelong wisdom, alternating between overviews of philosophy of life to concept of immortality to cultivate in oneself a palpable dimension to feel and enjoy pleasures of philosophy
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“History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice”. “I am not against hasty marriages, where a mutual flame is fanned by an adequate income”. “Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art”. “Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle”.
QUOTES FROM BOOK
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“Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos”. “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance”. “It may be true that you can't fool all the people all the time, but you can fool enough of them to rule a large country”. “Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions”.
QUOTES FROM BOOK
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