The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity

• Autore: Edelstein Ludwig <1902-1965.>
• Pubblicazione: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019; Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins Press, [1967]; ©[1967]
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 211 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Philosophy, Ancient; Progress
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Sommario/riassunto: Originally published in 1967. Ludwig Edelstein characterizes the idea of "progress" in Greek and Roman times. He analyzes the ancients' belief in "a tendency inherent in nature or in man to pass through a regular sequence of stages of development in past, present, and future, the latter stages being—with perhaps occasional retardations or minor regressions—superior to the earlier." Edelstein's contemporaries asserted that the Greeks and Romans were entirely ignorant of a belief in progress in this sense of the term. In arguing against this dominant thesis, Edelstein draws from the conclusions of scholars of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and discusses ideas of Auguste Comte and Wilhelm Dilthey.
• Titolo autorizzato: Idea of progress in classical antiquity
• ISBN: 0-8018-0185-0; 1-4214-3557-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910524865903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II