Truth: A History and a Guide for the Perplexed
Written by a renowned Oxford historian, this fascinating volume presents a global history of truth. Sharp and authoritative, Truth manages to touch every period of human experience; it leaps from truth-telling technologies of "primitive" societies to the private mental worlds of great philosophers; from spiritualism to science and from New York to New Guinea. In clear, lucid prose, this little book takes on an enormous subject and makes it understandable to anyone.
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Truth: A History and a Guide for the Perplexed
Written by a renowned Oxford historian, this fascinating volume presents a global history of truth. Sharp and authoritative, Truth manages to touch every period of human experience; it leaps from truth-telling technologies of "primitive" societies to the private mental worlds of great philosophers; from spiritualism to science and from New York to New Guinea. In clear, lucid prose, this little book takes on an enormous subject and makes it understandable to anyone.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780312274948 |
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Publisher: | St. Martin's Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 04/12/2001 |
Edition description: | First Edition |
Pages: | 272 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.60(d) |
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