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The story of the numbers used for
non-fiction books.
100 - Who am I? Philosophy and Psychology. (Man thinks about himself). 200 - Who made me? Religion (Man thinks about God). 300 - Who is the man in the next cave? Social Sciences (Man thinks about other people). 400 - How can I make that man understand me? Philology (Language) (Man learns to communicate with others through words). 500 - How can I understand nature and the world around me? Science (Man learns to understand nature on the land, in the sea, and in the sky). 600 - How can I make use of what I know about nature? Applied Science and Useful Arts (Man, through the ages learned about fire, weapons, the wheel, medicine, planting crops, and how to make things to wear). 700 - How can I enjoy my leisure time? Fine Arts and Recreation (Man paints, creates music, and games). 800 - How can I give my children a record of man’s heroic deeds? Literature (Man, the storyteller creates sagas, fables, poetry). 900 - How can I leave a record for men of the future? History, geography, biography (Man writes about events which occurred everywhere and about people who participated in these). 000 - General Works. The numbers up to 100 are used for bibliographies, books about books, and for books which contain information on many subjects, such as encyclopedias and other reference works. |
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