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PAIDEIA: THE IDEALS OF GREEK CULTURE Volume 1: Archaic Greece, the Mind of Athens
by Jaeger, Werner
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- good
- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0195004256
- ISBN 13
- 9780195004250
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About This Item
Oxford University Press. Good. 1965. Second Edition. Softcover. 0195004256 . Spine creased. Wraps have some edgewear and creasing. Dampstaining along edges of first few pages. ; Volume I describes the foundation, growth, and crisis of Greek culture during the archaic and classical epochs, ending with the collapse of the Athenian empire. The second and third volumes of the work deal with the intellectual history of ancient Greece in the Age of Plato, the 4th century B. C. --the age in which Greece lost everything that is valued in this world--state, power, liberty--but still clung to the concept of paideia. As its last great poet, Menander summarized the primary role of this ideal in Greek culture when he said: "The possession which no one can take away from man is paideia."; Volume 1 Only. a Galaxy Book; Vol. 1; 510 pages .
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On Apr 13 2019, a reader said:
This is a classic about ancient greek culture. Anyone having interest in ancient greek thoughts and ideas about life and world should read it. Recommen!
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37387
- Title
- PAIDEIA: THE IDEALS OF GREEK CULTURE Volume 1: Archaic Greece, the Mind of Athens
- Author
- Jaeger, Werner
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0195004256
- ISBN 13
- 9780195004250
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- 0195004256, Greek History, Social & Cultural
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