Quote by: Will Durant

Magic begins in superstition, and ends in science. ... At every step the history of civilization teaches us how slight and superficial a structure civilization is, and how precariously it is poised upon the apex of a never-extinct volcano of poor and oppressed barbarism, superstition and ignorance. Modernity is a cap superimposed upon the Middle Ages, which always remain.


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Author Bio


  • NameWill Durant
  • DescriptionAmerican historian, philosopher and writer
  • BornNovember 5, 1885
  • DiedNovember 7, 1981
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionHistorian; Writer; Philosopher
  • AwardsPresidential Medal Of Freedom; Pulitzer Prize For General Non-Fiction