num_pages: 852
description: Peter Watson's hugely ambitious and stimulating history of ideas from deep antiquity to the present day—from the invention of writing, mathematics, science, and philosophy to the rise of such concepts as the law, sacrifice, democracy, and the soul—offers an illuminated path to a greater understanding of our world and ourselves.
language: English
title: Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
titlecomplete: Ideas: A History of Thought and Invention, from Fire to Freud
genres: History, Psychology, Science, Reference, Society, Philosophy, Religion, Cultural, World History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1279
publisher: Harper Perennial