Truth A History and a Guide for the Perplexed,9780312274948

Truth A History and a Guide for the Perplexed

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ISBN13: 9780312274948
ISBN10: 0312274947
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-04-12
Publisher(s): Griffin
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Summary

Written by a renowned Oxford historian, this fascinating volume presents a global history of truth. Sharp and authoritative,Truthmanages to touch every period of human experience; it leaps from truth-telling technologies of "primitive" societies to the private mental worlds of great philosophers; from spiritualism to science and from New York to New Guinea. In clear, lucid prose, this little book takes on an enormous subject and makes it understandable to anyone.

Author Biography

Felipe Fernandez-Armesto has been a member of the Modern History Faculty of Oxford University since 1983. His many previous works include Columbus and Millennium.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Introduction 1(8)
The Hairy Ball - Teeth Optional
9(37)
The God in the Saddle
46(36)
The Cage of Wild Birds
82(38)
The Dream of the Butterfly
120(41)
The Death of Conviction
161(42)
Life After Doubt
203(27)
Notes 230(20)
Index 250

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