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The Lessons of History
The celebrated collection of essays compiling over 5,000 years of history by two of the greatest thinkers of our time
Updated Nov 17, 2020
The Lessons of History (1968) gives an overview of more than 5,000 years of human history. It covers changes in morality, religion and governmental systems like socialism and capitalism, and traces the historical trends of war. Along the way, it offers a variety of lessons on what history means for the present.
