William James Durant:
(November 5, 1885 – November 7, 1981).
American historian and philosopher, best known for his 11-volume work, The Story of Civilization, which contains and details the history of Eastern and Western civilizations. It was written 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”.
In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order
Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.
