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Great Thoughts, Revised and Updated
Upon its publication, George Seldes's The Great Thoughts instantly took its place as a classic--a treasure house of the seminal ideas that have shaped the intellectual history of the world down through the ages. Seldes, a pivotal figure in the history of American journalism and a tireless researcher, spent the better part of his extraordinary lifetime compiling the though...more
Paperback, 576 pages
Published
August 17th 2011
by Ballantine Books
(first published March 12th 1985)
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The subtitle of the book is "From Abelard to Zola, from Ancient Greece to contemporary America, the ideas that have shaped the history of the world."
I couldn't have said it better my self.
Although arranged alphabetically by author, the index is arranged alphabetically by subject/author/emotion/etc. This is partly reference book, partly a fascinating distillation of the most influential thinkers/doers of all time.
This is not something you read straight t...more
I couldn't have said it better my self.
Although arranged alphabetically by author, the index is arranged alphabetically by subject/author/emotion/etc. This is partly reference book, partly a fascinating distillation of the most influential thinkers/doers of all time.
This is not something you read straight t...more
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Lots of great comments , great quotes, thoughts from Aberlard to Zolo, from Ancient Greece to Contemporary America... about the government, religions, state,family, relationship, peace, human nature....so far have not read any positive comments about women. On the contrary, 100% comments regarding women are negative. There is something not right ...consider all these great thinkers from Confucius to Plato to Socrates had shaped our societies..
This is an outstanding resource for anyone who writes, or does a lot of public speaking. The book is essentially a compilation of quotes (some long, some short) arranged by alphabetically by author, and fully indexed by subject. I personally have found this to be an incredibly useful when writing any kind of non-fiction.
My mom read The Great Thoughts to me when I was a kid, explaining to me what I didn't understand. Over the years since, I've never found a general book of quotes that I like nearly as much. Others have more quotes than Great Thoughts, but none have left such an impression on me.
A thought on any thought one ever thought, or thought to think. Indispensible reference, excellent bathroom book LOL
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