Harper Perennial
Ideas : A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
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Ideas
Author(s): Peter Watson
Review(s):
“This is a grand book...The history of ideas deserves treatment on this scale.”
“A superior specimen, with numerous interesting factoids...thought-provoking short essays.”
“A masterpiece of historical writing.”
“[An] extraordinary new book....This is the history of ‘ideas’ as it has never been presented before.”
ISBN: 9780060935641
Author(s): Peter Watson
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.
Review(s):
“This is a grand book...The history of ideas deserves treatment on this scale.”
“A superior specimen, with numerous interesting factoids...thought-provoking short essays.”
“A masterpiece of historical writing.”
“[An] extraordinary new book....This is the history of ‘ideas’ as it has never been presented before.”
ISBN: 9780060935641