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— IN SEARCH OF THE —
SUBLIME

A WORLD HISTORY OF HUMANITY'S


RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF SCIENTIFIC TRUTH,


MORAL EXCELLENCE, AND ENLIGHTENMENT.




CHAPTER 1:
Shamanic Visions
CHAPTER 2:
The Seeded Earth
CHAPTER 3:
The Invention of the City
CHAPTER 4:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
CHAPTER 5:
The Celestial Lights
CHAPTER 6:
The Divine Kings
CHAPTER 7:
The Vision Serpent
CHAPTER 8:
The Covenant
CHAPTER 9:
The Language Tree
CHAPTER 10:
The Forest Philosophers
CHAPTER 11:
Emptiness
CHAPTER 12:
The Dao
CHAPTER 13:
The Han Dynasty
CHAPTER 14:
Zen
CHAPTER 15:
The Wrath of Achilles
CHAPTER 16:
Sacred Geometry
CHAPTER 17:
Know Thyself
CHAPTER 18:
Storming Olympus
CHAPTER 19:
Democracy
CHAPTER 20:
Alexander the Great
CHAPTER 21:
The Roman Republic
CHAPTER 22:
The Roman Empire
CHAPTER 23:
The Stoics
CHAPTER 24:
Forgiveness
CHAPTER 25:
The Age of Monks
CHAPTER 26:
Submission
CHAPTER 27:
The House of Wisdom
CHAPTER 28:
The Philosophers' Stone
CHAPTER 29:
The Quest
CHAPTER 30:
The Noble Heart
CHAPTER 31:
The Individual
CHAPTER 32:
The Schism
CHAPTER 33:
The New World
CHAPTER 34:
El Dorado
CHAPTER 35:
The Nature of Knowledge
CHAPTER 36:
The Scientific Revolution
CHAPTER 37:
The Divine Clockmaker
CHAPTER 38:
The Death of God
CHAPTER 39:
The House of Orange
CHAPTER 40:
The Consent of the Governed
CHAPTER 41:
All Men Created Equal
CHAPTER 42:
The Reign of Terror
CHAPTER 43:
The Abolition of Slavery
CHAPTER 44:
I Have a Dream
CHAPTER 45:
Woman is Born Free
CHAPTER 46:
The Romantic Ideal
CHAPTER 47:
The Age of Machines
CHAPTER 48:
Workers Unite!
CHAPTER 49:
Hitler
CHAPTER 50:
The Atomic Bomb