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Historian and co-author, with Ariel Durant, of The Story of Civilization and The Lessons of History.
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The Lessons of History
by Will Durant & Ariel Durant · 1968
Will and Ariel Durant distill historical patterns from their larger Story of Civilization project into a short set of recurring themes.
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Transcript lines 297-303 ask which books Dalio would give every graduating high school or college senior and record Dalio naming the three titles.
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