“A wise and witty compendium of the greatest thoughts, greatest minds, and greatest books of all.”

William James “Will” Durant was an American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife, Ariel Durant, and published between 1935 and 1975.

Will Durant won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1968 and The Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977.

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Will Durant’s Top 10 “Greatest” Thinkers

1. Confucius

2. Plato

3. Aristotle

4. Saint Thomas Aquinas

5. Copernicus

6. Sir Francis Bacon

7. Sir Issac Newton

8. Voltaire

9. Immanuel Kant

10. Charles Darwin

Will Durant’s Top Ten “Greatest” Poets

1. Homer

2. David

3. Euripides

4. Lucretius

5. LI-PO

6. Dante

7. William Shakespeare

8. John Keats

9. Percy Bysshe Shelly

10. Walt Whitman