Thomas Patrick Neill
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Modern Europe; a popular history von Thomas Patrick Neill
This covers European history from 1789 to 1970.
An absolutely amazing book. It is very readable for the layperson. Neill manages three things all at once:
1) To intellectually describe what these 12 makers of the modern mind did in their times--and then to connect it to the present and to how we think today.
2) To impart not only the makers' intellectual works, but their personal lives. This allows for a lot of interesting insights. For example, how Martin Luther's religion was set up to directly allay his own personal and abnormal fears.
3) To keep the book entertaining!… (mehr)
1) To intellectually describe what these 12 makers of the modern mind did in their times--and then to connect it to the present and to how we think today.
2) To impart not only the makers' intellectual works, but their personal lives. This allows for a lot of interesting insights. For example, how Martin Luther's religion was set up to directly allay his own personal and abnormal fears.
3) To keep the book entertaining!… (mehr)
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