Patrología

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En 1968, Will Durant y Ariel Durant, tras concluir su monumental Historia de la civilización, colección aclamada por crítica y público, decidieron proporcionar a los lectores un compendio de su obra. Una descripción general de las tendencias y lecciones extraídas a lo largo de cinco mil años de historia mundial y examinadas desde doce perspectivas: geografía, biología, raza, carácter, moral, religión, economía, socialismo, gobierno, guerra, crecimiento y decadencia, y progreso. En palabras de Will, «tomamos nota de acontecimientos y comentarios que podrían iluminar asuntos...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

La Enciclopedia Espasa comenzó a publicarse en 1906. Sus 70 tomos, de unas 1500 páginas cada uno, abarcaban millones de artículos, cientos de miles de ilustraciones y una bibliografía inconmensurable; una magnitud tan desbordante que hizo proverbial la frase "si no está en la Espasa, es que no existe". Este libro abarca una mínima parte de sus contenidos, pero ayuda a comprenderla en toda su extensión. Las entradas, agrupadas por bloques temáticos, representan lo más llamativo, curioso y pintoresco de aspectos relativos a las creencias, supersticiones, usos sociales, política, sexo, ...