50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know

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Quercus Publishing, Sep 3, 2009 - Philosophy - 208 pages

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.

About the author (2009)

Ben Dupré read Classics at Exeter College, Oxford before pursuing a career in reference publishing. He was Children's Reference Publisher at Oxford University Press and has more than 20 years' experience of bringing complex and challenging concepts to the widest possible audience. He is also the author of 50 Philosophy Ideas You Really Need to Know and 50 Political Ideas You Really Need to Know.

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