Sign in with Facebook
“Historians study the past not in order to repeat it, but in order to be liberated from it.”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“In ancient agricultural societies, most religions revolved not around metaphysical questions and the afterlife, but around the very mundane issue of increasing agricultural output. Thus”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
“Theist religions, such as biblical Judaism, justified the agricultural economy through new cosmological myths. Animist religions had previously depicted the universe as a grand Chinese opera with a limitless cast of colourful actors. Elephants and oak trees, crocodiles and rivers, mountains and frogs, ghosts and fairies, angels and demons – each had a role in the cosmic opera. Theist religions rewrote the script, turning the universe into a bleak Ibsen drama with just two main characters: man and God. The”
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow
XIAOZHOU’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at XIAOZHOU’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by XIAOZHOU
Lists liked by XIAOZHOU
