Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Will Durant, fully William James "Will" Durant
American Writer, Historian and Philosopher, known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant
"We have here the fundamental problem of ethics, the crux of the theory of moral conduct. What is justice? -shall we seek righteousness, or shall we seek power? -is it better to be good, or to be strong?"
"When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near."
"When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship."
"When people ask me to compare the century to older civilizations, I always say the same thing: The situation is normal."
"Woe to him who teaches men faster than they can learn."