The Ascent of Man - A Personal View - Jacob Brownoski


	The Ascent of Man - A Personal View - Jacob Brownoski

BartendingBear

10-2-2009 10:45 PM

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One of the greatest TV series ever aired, it's all there on YouTube for the watching. You won't be disappointed.

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10-2-2009 11:07 PM

Jorjor

One of the first things I read from Bronowski was the first selection in his book The Origins of Knowledge and Imagination, a rather short essay titled "Why?". His point was that that simple question underlay everything that makes us human: our intelligence, our curiosity and our spirit.

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