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The authors devoted five decades to the study of world history and philosophy, culminating in the masterful eleven-volume Story of Civilization.

In this volume, Will and Ariel Durant explore Europe's bumpy road toward the Enlightenment.

This volume chronicles the history of European civilization from 1648 to 1715.

This volume presents an in-depth examination of France and England in the first half of the eighteenth century.

This volume centers on the passionate rebel--philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

This volume surveys the chain of events that wrenched Europe out of the Enlightenment and into the age of democracy.