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Offers a historical introduction to Western philosophy, describing notable philosophers and movements such as Aristotle, Socrates, existentialism, analytic philosophy, and logical positivism.
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When Columbus arrived in 1492, the first free black person a sailor set foot in the Americas. Over the next 400 years, as slavery spread and became entrenched in the Western Hemisphere, free blacks bu
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European explorers reached North America more than 400 years ago, and since that time Native Americans have had to struggle to survive. Yet, despite injustices both past and present, the Native Americ
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Greek and Roman mythology has fascinated people for thousands of years, and its influence on cultures throughout Europe, America, North Africa, the Middle East, and elsewhere attests to the universal
