Who made our minds...?
Welcome to my weekly essay probing the greatest, cruellest or most beautiful minds of the past 5,000 years. Free to your inbox, every Thursday. Coming tomorrow: 'Descartes' proof of God'.
I’m Paul Ham. I’m a historian of conflict and the ideas that people are willing to live and die for. Who made our minds? is inspired by my book The Soul: A History of the Human Mind (Penguin 2024).
You’re receiving this email because we’ve met through a shared interest in history; we’ve crossed paths in our work; or we’re friends and I thought you’d like this.
Every Thursday I’ll introduce a prophet, philosopher, scientist or artist whose work has shaped the way we think and act.
First up tomorrow, 13 June 2024: Descartes’ proof of God.
And then:
20 June 2024: The Unsparing Mirror of Machiavelli.
27 June 2024: Christine de Pizan’s City of Ladies.
4 July 2024: Thomas Hobbes’ Forever War.
Followed by a new subject every Thursday…
Together, we’ll seek to answer: Whose ideas shaped our thoughts and beliefs? Whose thoughts contain mine? If I’m sitting on the shoulders of giants, who were they?
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