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4、steronBBCRadios4,3,andtheWorldService.HehaswrittenanumberofhighlyacclaimedworksofphilosophyandhistoryincludingTowardstheLight:TheStoryoftheStrug-glesforLibertyandRightsthatmadetheModernWest,abiographyofReneDescartesandTheHeartofThings:Phil-osophyinthe21stcentury.THEGUIDETOTHEIDEASTHA
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6、tannica,Inc.andA.C.GraylingtobeidentifiedastheauthorsofthisworkhasbeenassertedbytheminaccordancewiththeCopyright,Designs&PatentsAct,1988.Britannica,EncyclopædiaBritannica,andtheThistlelogoareregisteredtrademarksofEncyclopædiaBritannica,Inc.ThiseBookeditionpublishedbyEncyclopædiaBrita
7、nnica,Inc.ISBN978-1-59339-227-7Nopartofthisworkmaybeproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,recording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.CONTENTSListofIllustrationsviiIntroductionix1AHist
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