Let's read a book together: Ideas: A history of thought and invention from fire to Freud: Intro

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Sunday December 20, 2009 · 2:29 AM PST

2009/12/20 · 02:29

I think the discussion of Guns Germs and Steel went really well.

I hope more people will join us for this book.

It's an excellent book, and well-suited for this kind of discussion.

If you like this series, please help promote it.

The new book is Ideas: A history of thought and invention from fire to Freud by Peter Watson.

UPDATE this week the introduction; next week the prologue, then one chapter a week

I read this book once before. It's amazing. It's not simply some sort of encyclopedia; rather, it is an attempt to outline the driving forces behind thoughts and inventions, and to tie them together into a coherent framework.

I greatly look forward to reading it again, and to commentary by the ever-knowledgeable Kossack community.

Today, we look at the Introduction, titled The Most Important Ideas in History: Some Candidates

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