The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions

Carveth Read (1848–1931) was a noted 19th and early 20th-century philosopher and logician, with a profound interest in the evolution of human thought and the underpinnings of superstitions. Born into the intellectual ferment of Victorian England, Read was educated at the prestigious University of Oxford, where he was a contemporary of some of the era's most progressive thinkers. His contributions ...