NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The mind is a curious thing. It is like a sponge that absorbs knowledge and evolves through time. Witness the new developments and The Leap of Human Thought through a fascinating dialogue and study written by Dr. W. Scott Morton. Learn more about the great thinkers in the past who have influenced our thinking today.
Unlike the many books written on philosophies and religions in the East and the West, The Leap of Human Thought is more of an overview presented in a fascinating dialogue between a retired professor and an ordinary student. Their interesting discourse takes them through 600 years from 800-200 B.C.E. also known as the Axial Age. This period is filled with great thinkers from Hebrew prophets to Zoroaster, Buddha, Confucius, the early figures in Daoism and the leading Greek philosophers. Morton reveals profound insights in this brief period, which saw the sudden emergence of some of the most important forms of human thought in philosophy and religion. Get a copy of this intriguing read and learn more about how the human mind evolved through The Leap of Human Thought!
About the Author
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Morton did his first degree in Classics at Cambridge University. In order to go to China as a missionary, he took a divinity degree. In the Orient, he learned Chinese and Japanese, and studied Chinese thinkers.
When World War II came, Morton escaped just before Pearl Harbor. While serving as a chaplain in the Royal Air Force, and in Scottish and American churches, he continued his studies, acquiring a Ph.D. in Comparative Philosophy from Edinburgh University. Morton then embarked on a second career as a teacher of Chinese and Japanese history, and wrote several books.
The Leap of Human Thought * by W. Scott Morton
800-200 B.C.E.
Publication Date: February 17, 2004
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