BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND GROTESQUE: HOW WOJCIECH SADY UNDERSTANDS THE HISTORY OF RELIGION, PHILOSOPHY AND SCIENCE
Journal Title: Studia Europaea Gnesnensia - Year 2013, Vol 7, Issue
Abstract
Review of: Wojciech Sady, Dzieje religii, filozofii inauki. Od Talesa z Miletu do Mahometa [The History of Religion, Philosophy, and Science: Thales of Miletus to Mohammed], Wydawnictwo ANTYK Marek Derewiecki, Kęty 2010, 672 p
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Dariusz Spychała
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