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Indlæser... The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written (1998)af Martin Seymour-Smith
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Stimulating, but questionable scholarship. I always grow suspicious of an author when their treatment of the Scriptures is filled with factual errors. Why should I trust their judgment of Plutarch, when they get the fundamental facts of Scripture wrong? We are all free to have an opinion, but skewing the text is another issue. I cannot say I dislike chocolate when what I am tasting is actually cheese. Seymour-Smith is a literary butter-fly. However, I did enjoy his lancing of that boil known as Richard Dawkins. it is interesting to see one atheist go after another. There is clearly some history there, as S-S speaks of him a number of times in a very personal way. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"What are the one hundred most influential books ever written? Those works that have radically altered the course of civilization, whether they have embodied the religions practiced by millions (the Bible, the Koran), achieved the pinnacle of artistic expression (The Iliad and The Odyssey, Shakespeare's First Folio), pointed the way to scientific discovery of enormous consequence (Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Einstein's Relativity), changed the perception of mankind about his very nature (Freud' s Interpretation of Dreams, Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity), or forever altered the global political landscape (Plato's Republic, Machiavelli's Prince)." "For each of the one hundred entries (listed in chronological order) he provides historical background and an overview of the text, little-known facts about the author and the creation of the work, a lively discussion of the factors that warrant the book's inclusion among the one hundred most influential books, and detailed analysis of the effects of the work on our lives today."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved No library descriptions found. |
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A obra apresenta, de forma concisa, não apenas os livros e os autores considerados relevantes, mas também elabora um consistente painel com relação aos períodos históricos das publicações.
Destacam-se, entre os títulos mais conhecidos, a publicação milenar "I Ching"; o Velho e o Novo Testamentos; o Corão; "A Ilíada" e "A Odisseia", de Homero; "A Divina Comédia", de Dante; "O Príncipe", de Maquiavel; "Dom Quixote", de Miguel de Cervantes ; "Guerra e Paz", de León Tolstói; "Relatividade", de Einstein; e muito outros.