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Humanism

The Greek Ideal and Its Survival

Moses Hadas author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:19th Dec '23

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Originally published in the UK in 1961 this was an unconventional book when first published but a powerful interpretation of Greek individualism. The author examines the influence of the Greeks on European philosophy, religion, literature, art and architecture and challenges many commonly held assumptions: ‘Those items in the Greek legacy which are most easily recognizable as such are in fact the least important.’

I know of no other non-technical study which isolates as clearly and accurately as does Hadas’s book, the dominance of competitive and—by Jewish and Christian standards—secular individualism in ancient Greece. Maurice Cohen, Commentary, October 1960

ISBN: 9781032189895

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 390g

144 pages