His book on 'the idea of decline' is also very good: http://www.nytimes.com/books/97/03/30/reviews/970330.30zakerit.html … Definitely recommended.
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it is also quite topical these days unfortunately.
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@patrickc Ordered! Equally good is this book on the role of Amsterdam in liberating and enlightening us all:https://www.amazon.com/Amsterdam-History-Worlds-Most-Liberal/dp/0307743756/ref=sr_1_1 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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probably coffee
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Whisky (in the water)
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give us a bottle of malt and we all turn in to great philosophers. Sadly our revelations don't survive the hangover.
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love the enlightenment, I spent time in Edinburgh and Glasgow and you can still feel the innovation that was there back then
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modern capitalism [Wealth of Nations] and Industrial Revolution [steam engine] were created at Glasgow Univ at the SAME TIME!
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