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Who made our minds?

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Whose ideas contain us? My weekly essay probes the greatest, cruellest and most beautiful minds of the past 5,000 years. I'll explore the ideas you haven't time to explore, the thinkers behind our thoughts - free to your inbox every Thursday.

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About Paul Ham

I'm a historian of conflict, of the ideas that people are willing to live and die for. My latest book, 'The Soul: A History of the Human Mind' (Penguin 2024), seeks to restore the idea of the 'soul' to the human story.

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