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Four related themes in Greek thought are examined in this book.

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Jean-Pierre Vernant's concise, brilliant essay on the origins of Greek thought relates the cultural achievement of the ancient Greeks to their ... More

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In this extensively updated second edition, including an up-dated index and bibliography, J. W. Roberts explores the main features of Athenian life ... More

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Examines the political philosophy in Herodotus' Histories with relation to both Athenian democracy and the empires of Egypt and Persia.

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Traces the origins of aesthetic thought across a range of art forms from before Homer down to the fourth century.

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HEAD AND HAND IN ANCIENT GREECE- FOUR STUDIES IN THE SOCIAL RELATIONS OF THOUGHT by BENJAMIN FARRINGTON The Thinker's Library No. 121. PREFACE: HERE ... More

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The philosophers, historians, and scientists of ancient Greece inaugurated and nourished the tradition of Western thought. This volume, drawn from ... More

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German classicist's monumental study of the origins of European thought in Greek literature and philosophy. Brilliant, widely influential. Includes ... More

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Pharmakon traces the emergence of an ethical discourse in ancient Greece, one centered on states of psychological ecstasy. In the dialogues of Plato, ... More

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An enormous amount of literature exists on Greek law, economics, and political philosophy. Yet no one has written a history of trust, one of the most ... More

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Three treatises survive from classical Greece under the loose title "Politeiai" (Constitutions) which are unique in character and indispensable to ... More

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This is a collection of P.A. Brunt's writings on Greek history and thought--some previously published in journals and others unpublished until now. ... More

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Surveying Greek history and civilization, this examines such topics as the Minoans and Mycenaeans, City-States, Wars with Persia, Imperial Athens, ... More

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Traces the development of the Greek hierarchical view of life that continues to permeate Western society

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In this collection of new essays, an international group of experts explores, in connection with Greek culture, an idea that has proven very fruitful ... More

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The first full history of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, to be published in more than a quarter of a century. 15 ... More

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