A wide-ranging map of the ideas that shaped human societies
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A wide-ranging map of the ideas that shaped human societies
Spanning deep antiquity to the present day, Peter Watson’s history links major inventions and systems of thought across a broad human timeline. Writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy appear alongside concepts that organize collective and personal life, including law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul. The book’s scope is panoramic: it treats intellectual history not as a single discipline, but as an interconnected record of how people have explained the world, built institutions, and understood themselves. With 848 pages, it offers an expansive survey rather than a narrowly focused study of one era or tradition.
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