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Fallen Leaves
Book • 2015
Fallen Leaves is the final and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.
It offers elegant prose and deep insights into perennial human problems and joys, covering topics from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art.
The book is a culmination of Durant's sixty-plus years of research into philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations.
It offers elegant prose and deep insights into perennial human problems and joys, covering topics from youth and old age to religion, morals, sex, war, politics, and art.
The book is a culmination of Durant's sixty-plus years of research into philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations.
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in relation to the book's exploration of the human condition.


Matt Mullenweg

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when discussing a passage about reaching a plateau of higher understanding through philosophy and history.


Dwarkesh Patel

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Best of the Pod: Dwarkesh Patel’s Quest to Learn Everything
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as a book containing a passage on philosophy that resonates with him.


Dwarkesh Patel

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Dwarkesh Patel’s Quest to Learn Everything - Ep. 27
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as a source of inspiration for his quest to know everything.


Dwarkesh Patel

Dwarkesh Patel’s Quest to Learn Everything - Ep. 27