How long does it take to read The Lessons of History?
Will Durant, Ariel Durant, Ni yu ping, Zhang kang
The Lessons of History by Will Durant, Ariel Durant, Ni yu ping, Zhang kang takes about 2 hours 9 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 9 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1968. 117 pages, about 32,175 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 3 hours 35 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 9 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 25 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Written by the authors of the 10 volume The Story of Civilization, this short (fewer than 120 pages) work notes "events and comments that might illuminate present affairs, future probabilities, the nature of man, and the conduct of states." Its 13 chapters discuss historiography (what is history), history and the earth, history and biology, race, character, morals, religion, economics, socialism, government, war, growth and decay. The final chapter asks, "Is progress real?"
Subjects: Philosophy, History, History, philosophy, World history, Histoire, Philosophie
