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Jonathan Sumption T HE G REAT T RANSFORMATION : T HE W ORLD IN THE T IME OF B UDDHA , S OCRATES , C ONFUCIUS AND J EREMIAH by Karen Armstrong Atlantic Books, £19.99, pp. 444,......

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