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Quotation from The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
“Take away the arts and the progress of the mind, and you will find nothing” in any age “remarkable enough to attract the attention of posterity.”
The Story of Philosophy, Chapter V, section V (Les Délices: The Essay on Morals), p. 242 (Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy, revised second edition (Simon & Schuster, 1933), as scanned at the Internet Archive (dli.ernet.912); copyrighted)
Durant explains Voltaire's plan to write history as the story of civilization and culture rather than of kings and wars, weaving Voltaire's own words into his sentence.
Citation: "Take away the arts and the progress of the mind, and you will find nothing” in any age “remarkable enough to attract the attention of posterity." — Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy, Chapter V, section V (Les Délices: The Essay on Morals), p. 242 (Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy, revised second edition (Simon & Schuster, 1933), as scanned at the Internet Archive (dli.ernet.912); copyrighted). (id durant-the-story-of-philosophy-q1)
