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István Ráth-Végh, the witty
i
cultural historian, who was born
in 1870 and died in 1959, had a
special preference for curiosities.
Human folly is his main theme
in this volume in which he wan-
ders through countries and cen-
turies to trace all those, whether
they be individuals, guilds or
powerful organizations, who
aimed at deluding people haunt-
ed by worry, longing or greed.
They all receive their due share
in this book—the alchimists; the
discoverers of the philosophers'
stone and the elixir of life des-
tined to bestow everlasting youth
upon its users; the famous im-
postors; the rulers, courtiers,
learned men, and in particular
the inquisitors, and the witch-
and devil-hunters who were re-
sponsible for the thousands of
innocent people burnt at the
stake. Ráth-Végh relates all this
with wide historical knowledge
ahd the ease and humour of a
popular story-teller, not without
expressing his own resolute stand
against all kinds of deception and...
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Fülszöveg
István Ráth-Végh, the witty
i
cultural historian, who was born
in 1870 and died in 1959, had a
special preference for curiosities.
Human folly is his main theme
in this volume in which he wan-
ders through countries and cen-
turies to trace all those, whether
they be individuals, guilds or
powerful organizations, who
aimed at deluding people haunt-
ed by worry, longing or greed.
They all receive their due share
in this book—the alchimists; the
discoverers of the philosophers'
stone and the elixir of life des-
tined to bestow everlasting youth
upon its users; the famous im-
postors; the rulers, courtiers,
learned men, and in particular
the inquisitors, and the witch-
and devil-hunters who were re-
sponsible for the thousands of
innocent people burnt at the
stake. Ráth-Végh relates all this
with wide historical knowledge
ahd the ease and humour of a
popular story-teller, not without
expressing his own resolute stand
against all kinds of deception and
his views on the need for en-
lightenment and progress.
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