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Author
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
xxix, 328 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
For over two millennia in the West, familiarity with the literature, philosophy, and values of the Classical World has been synonymous with education itself. The traditions of the Greeks explain why Western Culture’s unique tenets of democracy, capitalism, civil liberty, and constitutional government are now sweeping the globe. Yet the general public in America knows less about its cultural origins than ever before, as Classical education rapidly...
Publisher
Arte France Développement
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (338 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Each episode has artists and intellectuals from around the world start with a Greek word and use it as a starting point for a wide-ranging exploration of the influence of Greek culture on today's society."--Container
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xii, 588 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When we think of the Greeks, what comes to mind first is likely to be the artistic and scientific achievements of the group of city-states led by Athens and Sparta around two and a half thousand years ago-a civilization that laid foundation for much of the arts, science, politics, and law throughout the developed world today. But the story of the Greeks is far more than the story of this classical civilization alone. Greek is one of only three languages,...
4) The cave and the light: Plato versus Aristotle and the struggle for the soul of Western civilization
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xxiii, 676 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
-- The Cave and the Light -- -- — -- “A fabulous way to understand over two millennia of history, all in one book.” -- “Entertaining and often illuminating.”—The Wall Street Journal
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