Great Ideas—The Power Shaping Human Civilization (1)

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Features: The author of this series, J.A. Hammerton, is a renowned British scholar with a prolific writing career. In addition to this series, he has edited other well-known works such as the massive Doubleday encyclopedia. This series is an academic popularization book widely circulated in the West, originally divided into three volumes and seven categories (philosophy and social sciences, history, natural sciences, religion, biographies, travelogues, poetry, and miscellany—introducing a total of 250 Western classics. Here, we have translated over 100 works from it, covering fields such as philosophy, social sciences, and natural sciences. The series aims to provide readers who do not have enough time to read the original works with a general understanding of the essence of the ideas in just 10 to 20 minutes. The author has carefully selected the works, demonstrating a deep grasp of the originals, allowing him to present complex and obscure thoughts vividly and concisely, making it an invaluable introductory reading on Western thought.