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The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 248
Authors: Ludwig Edelstein
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-01 - Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

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In arguing against this dominant thesis, Edelstein draws from the conclusions of scholars of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and discusses ideas of
The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 272
Authors: Ludwig Edelstein
Categories: Philosophy
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-01 - Publisher: JHU Press

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Originally published in 1967. Ludwig Edelstein characterizes the idea of "progress" in Greek and Roman times. He analyzes the ancients' belief in "a tendency in
The Idea of Progress
Language: en
Pages: 408
Authors: John Bagnell Bury
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1921 - Publisher:

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History of the Idea of Progress
Language: en
Pages: 594
Authors: Robert Nisbet
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-07-12 - Publisher: Routledge

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The idea of progress from the Enlightenment to postmodernism is still very much with us. In intellectual discourse, journals, popular magazines, and radio and t
The Ancient Concept of Progress and Other Essays on Greek Literature and Belief
Language: en
Pages: 244
Authors: Eric Robertson Dodds
Categories: Civilization, Greco-Roman
Type: BOOK - Published: 1985 - Publisher: Clarendon Press

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These essays represent the full range of Dodds' literary and philosophical interests, and his ability to combine profound scholarship with the lucid humanity of