The great transformation

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The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and all others emerge in this 500 year span? Armstrong examines this period and the connections between this disparate group of philosophers, mystics, and theologians.

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ISBN: 9781843540564 Author: Armstrong, Karen Publisher: Atlantic Books Publication Date: 8th March 2007 Imprint: Atlantic Books Cover: Paperback Dewey: 930.16 (edition:22) Pages: 469 Language: English Readership: General - Trade / Code: K Category: Subject:

The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man’s harnessing of fire in fundamentally transforming our understanding of what it is to be human. But why did Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jeremiah, Lao Tzu and others all emerge in this five-hundred-year span? And why do they have such similar ideas about humanity?In The Great Transformation, Karen Armstrong examines this phenomenal period and the connections between this disparate group of philosophers, mystics and theologians.

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