HISTORY OF IDEAS hardback Book by THE SCHOOL OF LIFE

This is a history book that takes us from the very beginnings of our species right up to the modern age. We hear about the Ancient Greeks and Romans, we learn about Buddhism and Islam, we acquire ideas from Hinduism and the European Renaissance, the Enlightenment and Modernity. Deliberately eclectic, the book gives us a panoramic, 3,000-year view over the finest insights of a diversity of civilisations.

Every idea hangs off an image – it could be a place, a document, a building or a work of art – that has something very specific to teach us. There are ideas here that will stick in our minds because they can help to answer the biggest puzzles we may have: about the direction of our lives, the issues of relationships, the meaning of existence.

Hardback book | 246 x 180 mm | 248 pages | 98 images

Customer review: “I thought it would be good when purchasing it. It exceeded expectations. I adore it. Quirky, intelligent and so practical for improving my life”