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1、AHISTORYOFKNOWLEDGEPast,Present,andFutureCharlesVanDorenBallantineBooks•NewYorkSaleofthisbookwithoutafrontcovermayheunauthorized.Ifthisbookiscoverless,itmayhvebeenreportedtothepublisheras"unsoldordestroyed"andneithertheauthornorthepublishermayhavereceivedpaymentforit
2、.Copyright©1991byCharlesVanDorenAllrightsreservedunderInternationalandPan-AmericanCopyrightConventions.PublishedintheUnitedStatesbyBallantineBooks,adivisionofRandomHouse,Inc.,NewYork,anddistributedinCanadabyRandomHouseofCanadaLimited,Toronto.Thiseditionpublishedbyarr
3、angementwithBirchLanePress/CarolPublishingGroup.Linesfrom"TheSecondComing"byWilliamButlerYeatsfromThePoemsofWB.Yeats:ANewEdition,editedbyRichardJ.Finneran.ReprintedwithpermissionofMacmillanPublishingCompany.Copyright1924byMacmillanPublishingCompany,renewed1952byBerth
4、aGeorgieYeats.LibraryofCongressCatalogCardNumber:91-92141ISBN:0-345-37316-2CoverdesignbyWilliamGellerCoverart:Raphael,TheSchoolofAthens(Scala/ArtResource,N.Y.)ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaFirstBallantineBooksEdition:April1992109ToGerry,Li;:,,Sallyandjohn"[AN
5、]AMAZING,ENTERTAININGANDENLIGHTENINGENCYCLOPEDICACHIEVEMENT."MortimerJ.Adler·�scomfortablewithscienceaswithart,withmathematicsaswithpoetry,CharlesVanDoren-intracingthehistoryofknowledgemakesuscomfortabletoo.Abornteacher,hehasararegiftofcatchingusupinhisownenthusiasms
6、andperhapsmoreimportant,ofmakingeventhemostcomplexideasclear,accessible,andcompelling."JoyGouldBoyumProfessorofEnglishandCommunicationArtsNewYorkUniversity'�tonceauthoritativeanddelightful,thisengagingexplanationofthedevelopmentofknowledgeintheWestbringsfreshinsighte
7、ventothosemattersthataremostfamiliartowell-educatedmenandwomen.Asfortheyoung,VanDoren'scontagiousenthusiasmfortheGreatIdeaswillbeawelcomealternativetodryanduninspiredtextbooks."JamesO'TooleTheUniversityAssociates'ChairUniversityofSouthernCalifornia·�clear,concise,unp
8、retentioussurveyofallhumanknowledge-andwhatremarkabletalentCharlesVanDorenhasexercisedinpullingitoffsodeftly!...chieflybyinsightful
