A vast exploration of the ways in which our emotions shaped the course of human history and how the experience and knowledge of emotions evolved with us.
People like to believe that they are rational creatures who, as a species, relied on logic to survive. But many of the most important moments in our history are more related to emotions.
Without understanding emotions we can not understand events such as the creation of philosophy and the birth of major religions, the fall of Rome, the Scientific Revolution and some of the bloodiest wars ever.
