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ISBN10: 006621064X, ISBN13: 9780066210643, [publisher: Harper] Hardcover In this hugely ambitious and stimulating book, Peter Watson describes the history of ideas, from deep antiquity to the present day, leading to a new way of understanding our world and ourselves. The narrative begins nearly two million years ago with the invention of hand-axes and explores how some of our most cherished notions might have originated before humans had language. Then, in a broad sweep, the book moves forward to consider not the battles and treaties of kings and prime ministers, emperors and generals, but the most important ideas we have evolved, by which we live and which separate us from other animals. Watson explores the first languages and the first words, the birth of the gods, the origins of art, the profound intellectual consequences of money. He describes the invention of writing, early ideas about law, why sacrifice and the soul have proved so enduring in religion. He explains how ideas about time evolved, how numbers were conceived, how science, medicine, sociology, economics, and capitalism came into being. He shows how the discovery of the New World changed forever the way that we think, and why Chinese creativity faded after the Middle Ages. In the course of this commanding narrative, Watson reveals the linkages down the ages in the ideas of many apparently disparate philosophers, astronomers, religious leaders, biologists, inventors, poets, jurists, and scores of others ...
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ISBN10: 006621064X, ISBN13: 9780066210643, [publisher: Harper] Hardcover Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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ISBN10: 006621064X, ISBN13: 9780066210643, [publisher: Harper] Hardcover Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! [Dallas, TX, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
New York: HarperPerennial, Date: 2005. (2005), 822pp, illus., slight shelfwear to cover, some soiling to pg edges, contents clean.. Soft Cover. Very Good -/No Jacket. 2005. HarperPerennial ISBN 006621064X 9780066210643 [US]
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ISBN10: 006621064X, ISBN13: 9780066210643, [publisher: Harper Collins, New York, New York] Hardcover Peter Watson described the history of ideas , from deep antiquity to the present day, leading to a new way of understanding our world and ourselves. A masterwork of thought! Book is in very good condition with clean and tight pages. Inventory $000615 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall [Las Cruces, NM, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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