A History of Private Life
Author: Philippe Ariès
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780674400047
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Author: Philippe Ariès
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 658
ISBN-13: 9780674400047
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Author: Philippe Ari`es
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 712
ISBN-13: 9780674399747
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Author: Paul Veyne
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780674777712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis compact book--which appeared earlier in the multivolume series A History of Private Life--is a history of the Roman Empire in pagan times. It is an interpretation setting forth in detail the universal civilization of the Romans--so much of it Hellenic--that later gave way to Christianity. The civilization, culture, literature, art, and even religion of Rome are discussed in this masterly work by a leading scholar.
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 678
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 670
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carl J. Richard
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2010-04-16
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 074256780X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis engaging yet deeply informed work not only examines Roman history and the multitude of Roman achievements in rich and colorful detail but also delineates their crucial and lasting impact on Western civilization. Noted historian Carl J. Richard argues that although we Westerners are "all Greeks" in politics, science, philosophy, and literature and "all Hebrews" in morality and spirituality, it was the Romans who made us Greeks and Hebrews. As the author convincingly shows, from the Middle Ages on, most Westerners received Greek ideas from Roman sources. Similarly, when the Western world adopted the ethical monotheism of the Hebrews, it did so at the instigation of a Roman citizen named Paul, who took advantage of the peace, unity, stability, and roads of the empire to proselytize the previously pagan Gentiles, who quickly became a majority of the religion's adherents. Although the Roman government of the first century crucified Christ and persecuted Christians, Rome's fourth- and fifth-century leaders encouraged the spread of Christianity throughout the Western world. In addition to making original contributions to administration, law, engineering, and architecture, the Romans modified and often improved the ideas they assimilated. Without the Roman sense of social responsibility to temper the individualism of Hellenistic Greece, classical culture might have perished, and without the Roman masses to proselytize and the social and material conditions necessary to this evangelism, Christianity itself might not have survived.
Author: James N. Davidson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 0226137430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAs any reader of the Symposium knows, the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates conversed over lavish banquets, kept watch on who was eating too much fish, and imbibed liberally without ever getting drunk. In other words, James Davidson writes, he reflected the culture of ancient Greece in which he lived, a culture of passions and pleasures, of food, drink, and sex before—and in concert with—politics and principles. Athenians, the richest and most powerful of the Greeks, were as skilled at consuming as their playwrights were at devising tragedies. Weaving together Greek texts, critical theory, and witty anecdotes, this compelling and accessible study teaches the reader a great deal, not only about the banquets and temptations of ancient Athens, but also about how to read Greek comedy and history.
Author: Paul Veyne
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Published: 1987
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael Curtis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009-06-08
Total Pages: 393
ISBN-13: 1139478079
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough an historical analysis of the theme of Oriental despotism, Michael Curtis reveals the complex positive and negative interaction between Europe and the Orient. The book also criticizes the misconception that the Orient was the constant victim of Western imperialism and the view that Westerners cannot comment objectively on Eastern and Muslim societies. The book views the European concept of Oriental despotism as based not on arbitrary prejudicial observation, but rather on perceptions of real processes and behavior in Eastern systems of government. Curtis considers how the concept developed and was expressed in the context of Western political thought and intellectual history, and of the changing realities in the Middle East and India. The book includes discussion of the observations of Western travelers in Muslim countries and analysis of the reflections of seven major thinkers: Montesquieu, Edmund Burke, Tocqueville, James and John Stuart Mill, Karl Marx, and Max Weber.