[Signed] ADVENTURES IN GENIUS Durant, Will [Near Fine] [Hardcover]

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First edition. SIGNED by Will Durant to the front endpaper. Lower spine mildly crimped, else a near fine, fresh copy in green cloth with gilt spine titles and rules; in a near fine dust jacket with modest shelf wear. Front flaps bears the original $4.00 price. Separated in five parts, Will Durant offers ""adventures"" in the study of genius. Part I: Adventures in Suggestion: The ten ""greatest"" thinkers; Confucius, Plato, Artistotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, Copernicus, Bacon, Newton, Voltaire, Kant, Darwin. The ten ""greatest"" poets; Homer, ""David,"" Euripides, Lucretius, Dante, Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Whitman. One hundred best books for education. Part II: Adventures in Philosophy: The philosophy of Spengler. The philosophy of Keyserling. Bertrand Russell on marriage and morals. Part III: Adventures in literature: In praise of Flaubert. Antaole France. John Cowper Powys. Part IV: Adventures in travel: The problem of Palestine. Seen in India. China--dying, or reborn? Part V: Adventures in controversy: Behaviorism and philosophy. Twelve world dates. A letter to the mayor. Is modern education a failure? (A debate with Bertrand Russell). An excellent first edition book in the scarce dust jacket with the author's signature. Royal octavo; 426 pages. Illustrated with ten plates. Introduction by the author.