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INDEX

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Accenture,
307

Acropolis,
20
–23,
30
–31,
48

Act of Creation, The
(Koestler),
88

adda,
188
,
212
–14,
255
,
325

Aeschylus,
28

Africa,
10
,
19
,
54
,
69
,
84
,
130

Age of Reason,
143
,
191

Agora Museum,
59

agriculture,
145
,
173

alcohol,
52
,
297

Calcutta and,
189
,
192
–93,
213
–14

creativity and,
38
–40,
177

Edinburgh and,
152
,
157
–58

Greece and,
38
,
43
–46,
54
,
58
,
177

Scotland and,
144
,
169
,
171
,
173
,
175
,
177
–78,
180
,
192

Vienna and,
248
,
280
–81

Alibaba,
91
–93,
317

Allen, Woody,
126

Alvarez, Luis,
266
,
292

Amabile, Teresa,
25
–26

Annunciation with Saint Emidius, The
(Crivelli),
117

anosognosia,
42

anthropology,
19
,
62
,
84
,
298
–99,
308

Apollodoros,
28

Apple,
2
,
289
,
297
,
304
,
307
,
310
,
316

archaeology,
67
,
79
,
116
,
209

Freud and,
260
–61,
267
–69

Greece and,
13
,
21
,
31
,
41

Archeon Gefsis,
46

Archimedes,
165
,
209

architecture,
85
,
105
,
125
,
131
,
151
,
266

education and,
127
–28

Florence and,
109
,
115
,
122
,
136

Greece and,
23
–24,
28
–29,
44

music and,
248
–49

Vienna and,
218
,
252
,
263
,
282
–83

Aristophanes,
47

Aristotle (philosopher),
20
–21,
38
,
41
,
48
,
105
,
155
,
162

Aristotle (tour guide),
20
–24,
26
–27,
29
–32,
49
,
116

Arka,
198

Arno River,
101
–2,
122
,
125
,
136

Ars Opulenta,
99
–100

Arthur’s Seat,
150
,
161
,
163

arts,
8
,
38
,
54
–55,
76
,
84
–86,
89
,
111
,
139
,
167
,
188
,
211
,
224
,
241
,
245
,
268
–69,
285
,
288
,
291
,
306
,
315