Authors: Eric Weiner
anarchy vs.,
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198
Athens and,
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31
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69
Beethoven and,
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229
–31,
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303
Bose and,
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207
Brady and,
45
,
206
–7
creativity and,
24
,
187
,
196
–97
neurological connections of,
196
–98
Tagore and,
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–200
Chattopadhyay, Bankim,
188
Chen Chengzhong,
79
child prodigies,
227
China,
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34
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65
–75,
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–80,
82
–95,
101
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130
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creativity and,
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–85,
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–91,
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–95,
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demise of,
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–84,
93
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95
education in,
67
,
80
,
93
–95
emperor–poets of,
69
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95
as gamblers,
92
–93
Great Firewall of,
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91
humility in,
82
–83
innovation and,
83
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86
–87,
93
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95
inventions of,
66
–67
Ma and,
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–94
rare manuscripts of,
77
–79
religions in,
93
–94
sense of humor in,
87
–88
Silicon Valley and,
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317
–18
Song Dynasty of,
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75
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tradition and,
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–79,
85
–87,
92
Christianity,
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,
85
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94
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–21,
123
,
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278
Christmas Carol, A
(Dickens),
21
Church:
Edinburgh and,
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154
Florence and,
113
,
119
,
123
,
128
–30,
134
indulgences sold by,
105
,
138
Michelangelo’s cadaver studies and,
121
–23
Renaissance and,
120
–21,
128
,
181
Scotland and,
171
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181
–82,
192
Verrocchio and,
109
–10
clubs,
291
Edinburgh and,
155
,
173
–74
Scotland and,
145
,
174
–77,
179
–80
Codex Leicester
(Leonardo),
81
coffin collars,
146
competition,
80
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220
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260
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281
,
313
Athens and,
60
–62
Florence and,
123
–28
Greece and,
19
,
24
–25
Ma and,
93
–94
and motivation for creativity,
25
–26
Renaissance and,
123
–24
Brady and,
38
,
45
–46
complication vs.,
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–2,
238
Complexity
(Waldrop),
201
computers,
86
,
111
,
128
,
147
,
182
,
291
,
296
,
304
,
306
Configurations of Culture Growth
(Kroeber),
62
Congress, U.S.,
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conjectural history,
150
Consciousness and Cognition,
39
Context Travel,
131
conversation,
40
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43
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47
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67
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94
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108
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170
–72,
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275
adda
and,
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212
–14,
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cafés and,
101
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254
–55,
284
Edinburgh and,
170
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172
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178
Socrates and,
34
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37
“Coriolan” (Beethoven),
231
Cratylus,
56
Creation, The
(Haydn),
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,
244
,
246
creativity,
7
–11,
43
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55
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71
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76
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82
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103
–4,
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–14,
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120
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128
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–68,
171
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210
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227
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243
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–78,
281
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292
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323
–26
as act of discovery,
164
–65
alcohol and,
38
–40,
177
ambiguity and,
179
,
278
Athens and,
24
,
28
–30,
57
,
86
–87,
220
,
288
Beethoven and,
230
–32
Calcutta and,
186
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188
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–94,
204
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213
–15
chance and,
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