50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know
- ISBN-10
- 1623651808
- ISBN-13
- 9781623651800
- Series
- 50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know
- Category
- Philosophy
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-11-05
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Author
- Ben Dupre
Description
50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know is a concise, accessible and popular guide to the central tenets of Western thought. Every important principle of philosophy, religion, politics, economics, the arts and the sciences is profiled in a series of short illustrated essays, complemented by an informative array of timelines and box features.
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- 2022-08-18
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