We are constantly being told "What to Think," but seldom "How to Think."

"Maxims of Thought" attempts to illustrate some of history's greatest (and least understood) thoughts, and how they apply to today's ongoing search for inner peace.

As every age of history has passed, the great minds of that age have recorded clues as to the mastery of thought. These have been all but forgotten lessons we can employ in our day to day lives as we attempt to progress from mediocrity to excellence.

Here, Downing has not only assembled some of the most important thoughts ever recorded, he has also broken them down as they relate to contemporary theories on personal growth. Really, this is a modern day "How to Think" guide using lessons dating from 600BC to present.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++Harvard University Houghton LibraryN014653London: printed by J. W. Galabin, 1790. 62p.; 8