This short book is a pedagogical synthesis of philosophy. Its firstobjective is to be clear and brief but at the same time novel andoriginal. This is because there are not many philosophical works thataddress the Paleolithic, Neolithic, and the continuity of bothcultural periods through the Metal Age and birth of philosophy. Therehave not been a lot of philosophical studies that focus on therelationship of philosophy to religion, politics, or science, orreally with culture in general. And there have been no simplestatements of philosophy from within the thought process following the development of thought itself (what philosophers call thetranscendental point of view). This book demonstrates the closerelationship and deep continuity between philosophy and culture in astory that covers all of human history from 80,000 years ago to thepresent.
