Theodore Zeldin - Forks and spoons have probably done more to recon

Forks and spoons have probably done more to reconcile people who cannot agree than guns and bombs ever did

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Zeldin, Theodore. An Intimate History of Humanity. HarperCollins, 1994.

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About the Author

Theodore Zeldin

Born: August 22, 1933
Nationality: English
Profession: Philosopher

Biography

Theodore Zeldin CBE is an Oxford scholar and thinker whose books have searched for answers to three questions. Where can a person look to find more inspiring ways of spending each day and each year? What ambitions remain unexplored, beyond happiness, prosperity, faith, love, technology or therapy? What role could there be for individuals with independent minds, or who feel isolated or different, or misfits? Each of Zeldin's books illuminates from a different angle what people can do today that they could not in previous centuries.

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