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The origins of civilization in Greek & Roman thought / Sue Blundell.

Title
The origins of civilization in Greek & Roman thought / Sue Blundell.
Author
Blundell, Sue
Publication
London ; Dover, N.H. : Croom Helm, c1986.

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Description
x, 234 p.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Origins of civilization in Greek and Roman thought.
  • Origins of civilization in Greek and Roman thought
Subject
  • Geschichte 600 v. Chr.-500
  • Geschichte 750 v. Chr.-500
  • Geschichte 800 v. Chr.-500
  • Civilization, Classical > Philosophy
  • Human beings > Origin
  • Civilization > history
  • Greek World
  • Roman World
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 228-230.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Part 1: The origins of the human race -- 1. Mythological explanations -- 2. The theories of the Presocratic philosophers -- 3. Later theories -- 4. Evolution and the survival of the fittest -- Part 2: Patterns of cultural history -- 5. Values and cycles -- 6. Golden age theories -- 7. Theories of progress -- 8. Hard primitivism and the noble savage.
ISBN
070993212X
LCCN
^^^85029061^
OCLC
  • 12908339
  • SCSB-12609404
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library