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The Top 19 Books About The History of Ideas
1. Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud 2. A Brief History of Everything 3. Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought 4. The History of Philosophy Volumes 1-9 – A. C. Grayling 5. Prometheus Rising 6.
- Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
- A Brief History of Everything
- Philosophy 101: From Plato and Socrates to Ethics and Metaphysics, an Essential Primer on the History of Thought
- The History of Philosophy Volumes 1-9 – A. C. Grayling
- Prometheus Rising
- A History of Philosophy – Frederick Copleston
- History of the Idea of Progress
- The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive Christianity
- A Short History of Truth: Consolations for a Post-Truth World
- Confessions of a Philosopher: A Personal Journey Through Western Philosophy from Plato to Popper
- The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
- Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
- The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
- The Lessons of History
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- I Think, Therefore I Laugh: The Flip Side of Philosophy
- The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
- Christianity and the Social Crisis in the 21st Century: The Classic That Woke Up the Church
- A History of Western Philosophy
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