Will Durant
American historian and philosopher (1885 to 1981); author of The Story of Philosophy (1926) and, with Ariel Durant, the eleven-volume The Story of Civilization, published from 1935 to 1975.
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From the book Philosophy and the Social Problem7 korrents
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Their wordsINTELLIGENCE is organized experience; but intelligence itself must be organized.
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Their wordsEconomic forces are organized; the forces of intelligence are not.
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Their wordsJust to state facts is the most terrible thing that can be done to an injustice.
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Their wordsPerhaps the most valuable kind of information in the world is that which guides one in the search for information.
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Their wordsWe felt that we would rather be free and miserable than bound and filled.
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Their wordsWhat better way is there to make men love one another than to make men understand one another? True charity comes only with clarity,—just as “mercy” is but justice that understands.
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Their wordsIt is a strong man who can know history and keep his courage; a great dream that can face the fact and live.
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