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Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul—offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves.
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Traces the evolution of numerous schools of thought in the western intellectual and cultural communities, from beliefs about paradise and the invention of mathematical principles to the creation of language and theories about the origins of life, in a narrative account that offers insight into human development prior to the twentieth century. By the author of The Modern Mind. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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