Author of Audiobooks - Charles MACKAY
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 1 - Charles MACKAY
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 1 - Charles MACKAY
- Author: Charles MACKAY
- Genre: *Non-fiction / History
The book chronicles and vilifies its targets in three parts: "National Delusions", "Peculiar Follies", and "Philosophical Delusions". The subjects of Mackay's debunking include alchemy, beards (influence of politics and religion on), witch-hunts,...
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 2 - Charles MACKAY
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Volume 2 - Charles MACKAY
- Author: Charles MACKAY
- Genre: Psychology / Modern (19th C) / Christianity - Other
"Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one." "In reading the history of nations, we find that, like individuals, they have their whims and their...