The Greeks and Greek Civilization, Paperback - Jacob Burckhardt

Reducere. In 1872, Jacob Burckhardt, one of the preeminent historians of classical and Renaissance culture, presented this revolutionary work, which portrays...

Reducere. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder o...

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world ...

Reducere. The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (1860) is a work of art history by Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt. Recognized today as the founder o...

A radical reappraisal of homosexuality in Ancient Greece, by a young historian described as 'the best thing to happen to ancient history for decade...

Reducere. In the classics departments of today's universities, Bruce Thornton says, the Greeks are accused of stealing their achievements from black Egyptian...

'Nature and the Greeks' and 'Science and Humanism' - Erwin Schrodinger

The third edition of Ancient Greek Civilization is a concise, engaging introduction to the history and culture of ancient Greece from the Minoan ci...

From the moderator of The New York Times philosophy blog "The Stone, " a book that argues that if we want to understand ourselves we have to go bac...

Description"Magnificent."--Robert L. Tignor, Princeton University From the early nineteenth century through to the 1960s, the Greeks formed the lar...

DescriptionIn this philosophy classic, which was first published in 1951, E. R. Dodds takes on the traditional view of Greek culture as a triumph o...

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrodinger was one of the most distinguished scientists of the twentieth century; his lectures on the history and philosophy ...

DescriptionA vivid exploration of the many ways the classical world remains relevant today, this is a passionate justification of why we continue t...

What the Ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about succeeding at work today.

An exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCE When the Greeks and Macedonians in Alex...

Reducere. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. The Ethiopian image was always rendered with great realis...

The proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities (Constanta, 2017) is dedicated to the 90th birthday of Prof. Sir John ...

Reducere. Ricks knocks it out of the park with this jewel of a book. On every page I learned something new. Read it every night if you want to restore your f...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Thomas E. RicksNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 135 x 203 x 29Cover type: PaperbackRedescop...

Reducere. Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-c...

DescriptionAn exploration of how the Greeks reacted to and interacted with India from the third to first centuries BCEWhen the Greeks and Macedonia...

Reducere. This is Sparta Are you ready to enter the fascinating world of Ancient Greece? Do you want to understand the unique warrior culture of the famous S...

Travel writing at its best. - Greece.comUPDATED EDITION WITH A NEW CHAPTER Intoxicated with dreams of a Greek paradise, John Mole inflicts upon his...

Discover history's most famous and fearsome invaders and raiders!

The way we are governed. It all began on the mountains and islands of Europe's southeastern edge, more than 3, 000 years ago. The Greeks is the sto...

INVADERS AND RAIDERS looks at some of the most powerful civilisations of the past, and shows how and why their influence spread beyond their origin...

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Reducere. Ancient Greek history is full of fascinating events and adventures, with the refined culture and many Gods of olden Greece a highlight - this histo...

Reducere. DescriptionAcknowledged as one of the greatest of the western mystics, Jacob Boehme was born in 1575 at Old Seidenberg, a small village in Silesia....

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. Sweeping in its scope and c...

Reducere. The Morphology of Biblical Greek explains, in a way second-year Greek students can understand, how Greek words are formed. It shows that Greek word...

An introduction to Greek society examining the period from 1500 BC to Roman times. The authors explore many aspects of Greek social, political, rel...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: St Justin MartyrTranslator: Thomas B. FallsSt. Justin Martyr is known as the oustanding apologist of the second century. Wh...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Nilesh Nilkanth OakFrom the author of 'When did the Mahabharata War happen? The Mystery of Arundhati'.Employing tools of Ar...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 12 bw illusNumber of pages: 312Collection: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical ReceptionPublicatio...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the Incas The Inca Empire was the largest and one of the most prosperous empires in the Americas. The empire sta...

Reducere. A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-d...

Reducere. When playing the game of Name the Ripper, many authors start with a suspect and attempt to make them fit the facts; some can't even be proved to be...

This book is a collection of Simone Weil's writings, which reflect her intellectual and spiritual concerns, on Greek thought. It discusses how prec...