The development of modern thought is traced through a sequence of accessible profiles of the most influential thinkers in every domain of intellectual endeavor

An exciting account of the origins of the modern world Who formed the first literate society? Who invented our modern ideas of democracy and free market capital

Fifty Major Political Thinkers introduces the lives and ideas of some of the most influential figures in Western political thought, from ancient Greece to the p

How four revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment shaped today's world This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment a

A masterly distillation of two-and-a-half millennia of intellectual history, and a readable and entertaining crash course in Western philosophy Short, sharp, an