A history of ideas /
This is an unusual sort of history book: a history of ideas - and not just any old ideas, ideas from across time and space that are best suited to healing, enchanting and reviving us. It's a collection of humanity's very best thoughts on how to approach the challenges and joys of being ali...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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London :
The School of Life,
2023.
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| Series: | School of life (Series)
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| Summary: | This is an unusual sort of history book: a history of ideas - and not just any old ideas, ideas from across time and space that are best suited to healing, enchanting and reviving us. It's a collection of humanity's very best thoughts on how to approach the challenges and joys of being alive. Along the way, we travel around the world, from the very beginnings of our species right up to the modern age. We hear about the Ancient Greeks and Romans, we learn about Buddhism and Islam, we acquire ideas from Hinduism and the European Renaissance, the Enlightenment and Modernity. Deliberately eclectic, the book gives us a panoramic, 3,000-year view over the finest insights of a diversity of civilizations. Every idea hangs off an image - it could be a place, a document, a building or a work of art - that has something very specific to teach us. |
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| Item Description: | "Moments from the history of humanity that encourage, inspire and lead perspective."--Cover. |
| Physical Description: | 229 pages : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781912891962 1912891964 |