title: Philosophy: An Illustrated History of Thought (Ponderables 100 Ideas That Changed History Who Did What When)
author:  Tom Jackson 
description: <b>Tom Jackson</b> has written more than 80 books and contributed to many more, covering everything from axolotls to Zoroastrianism. He studied zoology at the University of Bristol in the UK, and still lives in that city with his wife and three children, where he can be found mainly in the attic.
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  **EVIL IN MODERN THOUGHT**
  
  
  AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
  
  
  # **EVIL IN MODERN THOUGHT**
  
  
  AN ALTERNATIVE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY
  
  
  **SUSAN NEIMAN**
  
  
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  **FOR**
  
  
  BENJAMIN  
  SHIRAH  
  LEILA
  
  
  The great assumption that what has taken place in the world has also done so
  in conformity with reason—which is what first gives the history of philo