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The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

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12H 3min
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Non-Fiction

The Lucifer Priciple is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that “evil” is a by-product of nature’s strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. Though this argument is not a new one—it has been brought forth by such great historical figures as St. Paul, Thomas Hobbes, and Raymond Dart—Howard Bloom here takes fresh data from a variety of sources and shapes it into a lens through which listeners can reinterpret the human experience.

© 2015 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781504625227

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Audiobook: 7 July 2015

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