Doubt
a history : the great doubters and their legacy of innovation, from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson
By Jennifer Hecht, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Jennifer Michael Hecht and Martha Harmon Pardee
"Doubt" is published by HarperSanFrancisco, c2003. in 2003 - [San Francisco], it has 551 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Doubt” Metadata:
- Title: Doubt
- Authors: Jennifer HechtJennifer Michael HechtJennifer Michael HechtMartha Harmon Pardee
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 551
- Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, c2003.
- Publish Date: 2003
- Publish Location: [San Francisco]
“Doubt” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: Belief and doubt - History - Ideeëngeschiedenis - Twijfel
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xxi, 551 p. :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL3317365M - OL272838W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 53280130 - 56793920
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2004266061
- ISBN-10: 0060097728
- All ISBNs: 0060097728
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"Doubt" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Doubt is no shadow : a quiz and a guide to the question
- 2- Whatever happened to Zeus and Hera?, 600 BCE-1 CE : Greek doubt
- 3- Smacking the temple, 600 BCE-1 CE : doubt and the ancient Jews
- 4- What the Buddha saw, 600 BCE-1 CE: ancient doubt in Asia
- 5- When in Rome in doubt, 50 BCE-1 CE : empire of reason
- 6- Christian doubt, Zen, Elisha, and Hypatia, 1-800 CE : late-classical mix
- 7- Medieval doubt loops-the-loop, 800-1400 : Muslims to Jews to Christians
- 8- The printing press and the Age of Martyrs, 1400-1600 : Renaissance and inquisition
- 9- Sunspots and White House doubters, 1600-1800 : revolutions in the authority of reason
- 10- Doubt's bid for a better work, 1800-1900 : freethinking in the age of science and reform
- 11- Principles of uncertainty, 1900- : the new cosmopolitan
- 12- The joy of doubt : ethics, logic, mood.
Snippets and Summary:
When we look for doubt among the ancients, in the West we are going to find the most lively cases in the Hellenistic period-the few hundred years between the dominace of Classical Greece and that of Classical Rome.
"Doubt" Description:
The Open Library:
In this sweeping history, Jennifer Michael Hecht celebrates doubt as an engine of creativity and as an alternative to the political and intellectual dangers of certainty -- Just as belief has its own history featuring people whose unique expressions of faith have forever changed the world, doubt has a vibrant story and tradition with its own saints martyrs, and sages.
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