A History of Knowledge: Past, Present, and Future
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Product Description
A one-voume reference to the history of ideas that is a compendium of everything that humankind has thought, invented, created, considered, and perfected from the beginning of civilization into the twenty-first century. Massive in its scope, and yet totally accessible, A HISTORY OF KNOWLEDGE covers not only all the great theories and discoveries of the human race, but also explores the social conditions, political climates, and individual men and women of genius tha… More >>
My dad lent me this book after he finished reading it. The best part of it is the index so you can skip the bull and get to the stuff you want to read. Parts of this book intrigued me only because i am fan of history, but the writer kind of scares me. His socialist view of a world government especially gave me goosebumps (“Why Not World Government?”). He pulls off making this part of the book convincing, but if you’re aware of all the problems with the military-police state and globalist agendas (Global 2000 report by Cyrus Vance, the birth of the HIV virus{yes, it’s a man-made virus, search on clusty.com}) you probably won’t agree with him. The way he ends the section is quite disgusting and very suspicious, like he wants you to take his side (“Right?”). Anyone who knows about dictatorship probably knows that ONE GROUP OF PEOPLE CONTROLLING THE WORLD IS NOT GOOD AND SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT IT…..did this guy ever read “1984″?
Rating: 1 / 5
To get a glimpse of the arrogance and ignorance of Charles Van Doren, just read the last section of the book on the upcoming “computer revolt.” Enough said.
Rating: 1 / 5
He makes WAY too many mistakes and states everything like it’s fact!! He says that Shakespeare’s plays weren’t even written by Shakespeare himself, but by someone else and Shakespeare took the glory. HELLO! That’s the story that Shakespeare wrote himself! He also uses views of cults when “explaining” Christianity. He states that Jesus went to hell for three days, after He was crucified. THE BIBLE NEVER SAID THAT!!! This is a cultic belief and is not Christian. He provides no footnotes and expects us to take is work for fact and not even question him. He makes many more careless mistakes, and I think that his book is sick and twisted. Don’t waste your time.
Rating: 1 / 5
Van Doren’s writing style is accessible and refreshing, but it can’t overcome the fact that he believes Christianity is the one true religion, and that Western history is what’s really important. I would expect to see this in a religious bookstore, and I was surprised to see no mention of the author’s Christian bias on the book’s jacket. Had I known about it I would not have purchased the book. Not recommended.
Rating: 1 / 5
Outline history of Western civilization and thinking.
Naive and biased both in its religious and cultural points of view. Appropriate for ninth or tenth grade high school students.
Rating: 1 / 5