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Doubt

A History: The Great Doubters and Their Legacy of Innovation from Socrates and Jesus to Thomas Jefferson and Emily Dickinson

by Jennifer Michael Hecht

Recommended by Krista Tippett

Recommended by Krista Tippett

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Spirituality, and Philosophy.

In the tradition of grand sweeping histories such as From Dawn To Decadence, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and A History of God, Hecht champions doubt and questioning as one of the great and noble, if unheralded, intellectual traditions that distinguish the Western mind especiallyfrom Socrates to Galileo and Darwin to Wittgenstein and H...

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