5/9/2023 0 Comments Ideas peter watson review![]() ![]() The Emergence of Language and the Conquest of Cold Scavenging – bipedalism and meat-eating – upright posture – the oldest artefacts – changes in brain size and hand-axes – fire – ochre – burial – Neanderthals – the first ‘abstract’ idea – Berekhet Ram – ‘the cultural explosion’ – cave art – Venus figurines – ‘split houses’ – sexual imagery – textiles – beads and ritualĢ. PART ONE: LUCY TO GILGAMESH The Evolution of Imagination 1. PETER GAY, SCHNITZLER’S CENTURY (2002)Īuthor’s Note Introduction: The Most Important Ideas in History – Some Candidates Prologue: The Discovery of Time While it may be hard to live with generalizations, it is inconceivable to live without them. ![]() ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD, DIALOGUES (1953) It is trying to treat them as Whole truths that plays the devil. There are no whole truths All truths are half-truths. IDEAS A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud ![]()
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