50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know50 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. |
Contents
Introduction PHILOSOPHY | |
Platonism | |
Aristotelianism | |
The golden rule | |
Altruism | |
Liberty | |
Tolerance | |
Scepticism 08 Reason | |
Utilitarianism | |
Existentialism | |
RELIGION | |
Evil | |
Fate | |
Soul | |
Faith | |
Fundamentalism | |
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