5 edition of intelligent person"s guide to history found in the catalog.
Published
1996
by Duckworth in London
.
Written in English
Edition Notes
Includes index.
| Statement | John Vincent. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | D16.8 .V56 1996 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 129 p. ; |
| Number of Pages | 129 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL561830M |
| ISBN 10 | 0715627503 |
| LC Control Number | 96145823 |
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In An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy, Roger Scruton aims to present neither a history nor a survey of the subject (goals he's already met in his Modern Philosophy and A Short History of Modern Philosophy).
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An Intelligent Person's Guide to History provides a comprehensive examination of the philosophy and evolution of history. It explores the nature of historical evidence, meaning and imagination, together with morality, causality, bias and hindsight.
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Norse Mythology for Smart People provides an accessible, entertaining, and reliable introduction to the Vikings’ mythology and religion, with scholarly sources cited for everything.
Come on in to learn all you’ve ever wanted to know about the Norse gods, stories, beliefs, way of life, and more!. Scruton, an academic philosopher who enjoys addressing popular audiences (Modern Philosophy, not reviewed), answers some of philosophy's perennial questions with the self-assurance and intolerance of ambiguity that characterize much of the British analytic tradition.
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originally published: London: Duckworth, - Previous ed.: Description.In paperback with illustrations, this is the young adult edition of Howard Zinn’s classic telling of American history.
A Young People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn with Rebecca Stefoff brings to U.S. history the viewpoints of workers, people who are enslaved, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for.
