Adventures of Ideas
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
ISBN: 9780029351703
Publisher: Free Press
Year first published: 01 Jan 1967
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
From Simon & Schuster, the Adventures of Ideas is Alfred North Whitehead's historical adventure.
The title of this book, Adventures of Ideas, bears two meanings, both applicable to the subject-matter. One meaning is the effect of certain ideas in promoting the slow drift of mankind towards civilization. This is the Adventure of Ideas in the history of mankind. The other meaning is the author's adventure in framing a speculative scheme of ideas which shall be explanatory of the historical adventure.
ISBN: 9780029351703
Publisher: Free Press
Year first published: 01 Jan 1967
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback / softback
From Simon & Schuster, the Adventures of Ideas is Alfred North Whitehead's historical adventure.
The title of this book, Adventures of Ideas, bears two meanings, both applicable to the subject-matter. One meaning is the effect of certain ideas in promoting the slow drift of mankind towards civilization. This is the Adventure of Ideas in the history of mankind. The other meaning is the author's adventure in framing a speculative scheme of ideas which shall be explanatory of the historical adventure.
