The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity

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...

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Language:English
Published: Johns Hopkins University Press 2019
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