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Author: A. de Jongh
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Hendrik Willem van Loon published over thirty books in his lifetime, single-handedly recounting nearly all aspects of human history. It is truly admirable that he completed such a monumental task with his limited years, challenging the infinite with the finite. Van Loon was not an obscure theorist, but he certainly had his own system and ideas. His works include The Liberation of Man, The Story of Mankind, The Beginnings of Civilization, Miracle and Man, The Story of the Bible, The Story of Inventions, The Home of Man, The Life of Rembrandt van Rijn, and more. The topics he chose are essentially centered around the fundamental questions of human survival and development, with the spirit of reason, tolerance, and progress running through them.