Intellectual History: "The Ascent of Man," Jacob Bronowski

“The commonplace of the schoolbooks of tomorrow is the adventure of today, and that is what we are engaged in.” (328)

“Knowledge is our destiny. Self-knowledge, at last bringing together the experience of the arts and the explanations of science, waits ahead of us.” (328)

“We are a scientific civilization: that means, a civilization in which knowledge and its integrity are crucial. Science is only a Latin word for knowledge.” (329)

“History is not events, but people.” (329)

“We are all afraid—for our confidence, for the future, for the world"

47 pages; 13,294 words; visuals