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50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas You Really Need to Know series) by [Dupre, Ben]

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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.

Length: 208 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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Ben Dupre read Classics at Exeter College, Oxford before pursuing a career in reference publishing. He was Children's Reference Publisher at Oxford University Press from 1992 until 2004 and, all told, has more than 20 years' experience of bringing complex and challenging concepts to the widest possible audience.

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Format: Kindle Edition
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Print Length: 208 pages
Publisher: Quercus; UK ed. edition (3 September 2009)
Sold by: Hachette Book Group (AU)
Language: English
ASIN: B0064BWF9I
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Marion Herud

Huge ideas presented neatly.

1 May 2015 - Published on Amazon.com

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From ancient to recent, this author covers the main ideas that have led to quantum leaps in thinking and changed history's direction. Excellent starting point to study more deeply or just a taster to save you at the next dinner party!

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Casandra W Perry

Disappointingly biased

9 February 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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It is rare that I can find almost nothing to recommend a particular book, but this one is one of those few. The ideas presented may be essential knowledge, but the way they are presented is quite skewed. In the introduction, the author praises communism as a particularly successful societal plan. Perhaps I am naive, but I don't consider it a success by any definition of the word. Skipping to a few other topics reveals a perspective best characterized as supportive of the notion that people need strong government to tell them what to do, veering frequently into the sort of liberal idealism that denigrates moral rule as outdated and unnecessarily restrictive. While I would classify myself as a strong conservative and a passionately patriotic American, I am perfectly capable of reading about and even appreciating ideas that don't conform to that standard. When the entire presentation is designed to find fault with my beliefs, though, I don't see the point.

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David L. Smith

Big Ideas served up in meal-sized portions.

25 January 2015 - Published on Amazon.com

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A readable and digestible synopsis of historical and philosophical definitions...I liked it a lot. That said, I'm a bookworm who loves history and literature. NOT the kind of book you sit down and read through--read one chapter at a time.

Michael A Branch

Enjoyed greatly

14 March 2016 - Published on Amazon.com

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I think it was a well written and very informative book. Helps to round out your knowledge of so many of the worlds big ideas.

E. Pass

one in a series

3 March 2014 - Published on Amazon.com

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This book is one of a series of 50 big ideas..
Each book explores and explains a particular topic.
This one is somewhat more generic than the others.
Examples are - 50 Political Ideas, 50 Ideas from world history, etc.

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