In "Philosophy and the Social Problem," Will Durant's first book, Durant argues that philosophy has fallen into disrepute because it has stood high and dry upon academic ground, has occupied itself generally with the problem of knowledge, and has not gone down among the crowd to be of practical service. Durant says that philosophy can justify itself only by fruits which are of direct utility to the common man. And since the great prblem of the modern world is the social problem - the problem of waste and want, rich and poor, luxury and starvation, child labor and education, crime, and so on -...
In "Philosophy and the Social Problem," Will Durant's first book, Durant argues that philosophy has fallen into disrepute because it has stood high an...
The arrival of a beautiful young girl from Colombia stirs the imaginations of the students of Saint Augustine boy's school and ignites their passions in Valery Larbaud's seminal work, "Fermina Marquez." Nominated for the prestigious Prix Goncourt, one of France's top literary honors, "Fermina Marquez" is a classic work of French literature."
The arrival of a beautiful young girl from Colombia stirs the imaginations of the students of Saint Augustine boy's school and ignites their passions ...
