The Great Thoughts, Revised and Updated
From Abelard to Zola, from Ancient Greece to Contemporary America, the Ideas That Have Shaped the History of the World
$51.99
- Paperback
576 pages
- Release Date
15 June 1996
Summary
Upon its publication, George Seldes’s The Great Thoughts instantly took its place as a classic—a treasure house of the seminal ideas that have shaped the intellectual history of the world down through the ages.
Seldes, a pivotal figure in the history of American journalism and a tireless researcher, spent the better part of his extraordinary lifetime compiling the thoughts that rule the world, casting his net widely and wisely through the essential works of philosophy, poetry…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780345404282 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0345404289 |
| Author: | George Seldes |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Ballantine Books Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 1996 |
| Weight: | 626g |
| Dimensions: | 228mm x 153mm x 33mm |
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About The Author
George Seldes
George Seldes was one of the great muckraking journalists and the author of twenty books, including Witness to a Century. He began his career as a cub reporter for The Pittsburgh Leader, rose to international correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, and founded his own newspaper, dedicated to the truth. George Seldes died at the age of 104 in July 1995.
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