Who made our minds?

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What do women want?
Freud admitted he had no idea (then diagnosed 'hysteria'). Most men dare not ask, delegating the answer to Church and State who seem similarly…
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The spectre of Karl Marx
'You are your own gravediggers,' he told the capitalists. If so, it's a very deep hole...
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A glimpse inside Hegel's head
Did human history begin and end in the mind of this philosopher? Let's take a look...
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'How can I be a human being in the world?'
The answer filled the minds of Arthur Schopenhauer and Søren Kierkegaard
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'Give me liberty or give me death!'
How the American Revolution began - and seeded the people's idea of 'manifest destiny'
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Why the rabbis excommunicated Spinoza
For a start, the Jews were not 'chosen' by god, the philosopher dared write. The return of theocracy would have revolted him
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The Curse of Ham
The ravings of a 700-year-old drunk, naked Hebrew prophet persuaded outwardly sane clergymen and slave owners that the Bible justified slavery
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Who made our minds?
Who made our minds?
I probe the greatest, cruellest and most beautiful minds of the past 5,000 years, inspired by my book, "The Soul: A History of the Human Mind". Join me exploring the ideas you haven't time to - free to your inbox every Thursday.
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