Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud, (Paperback)

from neurodrew

Jan 3, 2010 8:04 PM Ideas, A History: From Fire to Freud Peter Watson I read this continuously for about two weeks, with one break to tackle another shorter book. This general history of ideas and intellectual progress is about 1,000 pages, starting with pre-history, proceeding mostly historicall...

from Illiniguy71

A unique and sometimes idiosyncratic, but highly informed and intelligent account of world intellectual history (but predominently of the western world) down to the end of the 19th century. The closer I came to the end of this book, the more I appreciated it. Highly recommended.

from idlereader

A History of Man written as an history of ideas. Companion to a Terrible Beauty

from Linus_Linus

One of the must read books who wish to understand and chronicle the evolution of human creature.

from dmsteyn

I am in two minds about this book. On the one hand, I was deeply stimulated and intrigued by most of the information and in the book. On the other hand, I found myself vociferously disagreeing with a lot of Watson's surmises. Maybe both these responses are twined around each other, as Watson obvi...