Download The Wisdom Of The Ancient Greeks full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online The Wisdom Of The Ancient Greeks ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Steven Stavropoulos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780760772904
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks written by Steven Stavropoulos and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mel Thompson
Publisher : Oneworld Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781851682980
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks written by Mel Thompson and published by Oneworld Publications. This book was released on 2002-08-09 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For nearly three thousand years the wisdom of the Ancient Greeks has influenced almost every sphere of thought, from drama to science. Resonating through the ages, the writings of this majestic civilization combine the passion of human emotions with the mental rigours of philosophy. Drawn from the vast wealth of Ancient Greek literature, this little compendium offers an inspiring selection of extracts from the greatest classical thinkers. From Plato’s thoughts on justice to Homer’s vision of love and Aesop’s words of wisdom, these passages address a multitude of timeless themes, turning ancient thought into practical advice. As both a testament to the enduring preoccupations of humankind, and a philosophical handbook for modern times, this keepsake will provide much spiritual nourishment for many years to come.
Author : Michael K. Kellogg
Publisher : Prometheus Books
ISBN 13 : 1616145765
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Greek Search for Wisdom written by Michael K. Kellogg and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said that all of Western philosophy was "but a series of footnotes to Plato." By the same token, one could argue that all of Western civilization is but an extension of the ancient Greek cultural legacy. The Greeks invented tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, history, philosophy, and democracy. They also made remarkable advances in science, medicine, and mathematics. In the author’s view, what ties this wide-ranging intellectual ferment together is a restless search for wisdom. The author looks at ten outstanding examples of Greek wisdom, offering fresh and engaging portraits of the epic poets (Homer, Hesiod); dramatists (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes); historians (Herodotus, Thucydides); and philosophers (Plato, Aristotle) against the background of Greek history. In each case he asks what the author has to tell us— regardless of genre—about our place in the world and how we should live our lives. By surveying some of the highest peaks of ancient civilization, the author argues that we gain perspective on the historical terrain that lies below. This book presents an eloquent and convincing case that a study of the Greek classics, as Gustave Flaubert explained, makes us "greater, wiser, purer."
Author :
Publisher : Abbeville Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wisdom of Ancient Greece written by and published by Abbeville Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of this handsomely designed, richly illustrated columes in this uplifting new series is devoted to the ageless teachings of one of the world's major religions or cultures. Excerpts from the most eloquent practitioners of the religion--be they poets, philosophers or spiritual leaders--are paired with evocative images, whether paintings, sculptures or photos. Each of these miniature books includes 22 full-color illustrations.
Author : Mel Thompson
Publisher : ONEWorld
ISBN 13 : 9781435683983
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wisdom of the Ancient Greeks written by Mel Thompson and published by ONEWorld. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contained in this illustrated anthology are insights from all the key thinkers of Ancient Greek civilization, from Homer to Sophocles and Socrates.
Author : Christopher Lyle Johnstone
Publisher : Studies in Rhetoric & Communic
ISBN 13 : 9781570038549
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book Listening to the Logos written by Christopher Lyle Johnstone and published by Studies in Rhetoric & Communic. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnstone's interdisciplinary account ably demonstrates that in the ancient world it was both the content and form of speech that most directly inspired, awakened, and deepened the insights comprehended under the notion of wisdom.
Author : Steven Shankman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725208458
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Siren and the Sage written by Steven Shankman and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2003-09-16 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultures of ancient China and ancient Greece have exerted immeasurable influence on later civilizations. The texts and cultural values of classical China spread throughout East Asia and became the foundation of learning in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Greek learning and culture receive credit for many of the intellectual paradigms of the West. Probably the one which is most distinctly Western is the tradition of logical proof and the related assumption that, as Aristotle put it in 'Metaphysics' 980, 'we all desire to know.' In contrast, the Chinese tradition, as exemplified by Laozi's 'Dao de jing,' cautions that through our desire to know we may forfeit wisdom, thus engendering a split between knowledge and wisdom. 'The Siren and the Sage' is a comparative study of what some of the most influential writers of ancient China and ancient Greece thought it meant to know and whether they distinguished knowledge from wisdom. It surveys selected works of poetry, history and philosophy from roughly the eighth through the second centuries BCE, focusing on the 'Odyssey,' the ancient Chinese 'Classic of Poetry,' Thucydides' 'History of the Peloponnesian War,' Sima Qian's 'Records of the Historian,' Plato's 'Symposium,' Laozi's 'Dao de jing' and the writings of Zhuangzi. The intention, through such juxtaposition, is to introduce foundational texts of each tradition, texts which continue to influence most of the world's peoples. It is intriguing to ask what awareness, if any, these distinctive cultures had of each other. A considerable body of scholarship comparing ancient Greece and ancient China now exists. Scholars are presenting evidence that the two cultures may actually have been aware of each other's presence, even though that awareness was presumably indirect, perhaps mediated by the nomadic peoples of Central Asia. While not directly contributing evidence, the authors argue that comparing the cultures of Greece and China will continue to be an irresistible and important scholarly debate. The book offers a provocative study which is accessible to students and general readers and at the same time contributes to the debate.
Author : Stephen Bertman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780760788905
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Eight Pillars of Greek Wisdom written by Stephen Bertman and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edith Hall
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393244121
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)
Download or read book Introducing the Ancient Greeks: From Bronze Age Seafarers to Navigators of the Western Mind written by Edith Hall and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-06-16 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wonderful…a thoughtful discussion of what made [the Greeks] so important, in their own time and in ours." —Natalie Haynes, Independent The ancient Greeks invented democracy, theater, rational science, and philosophy. They built the Parthenon and the Library of Alexandria. Yet this accomplished people never formed a single unified social or political identity. In Introducing the Ancient Greeks, acclaimed classics scholar Edith Hall offers a bold synthesis of the full 2,000 years of Hellenic history to show how the ancient Greeks were the right people, at the right time, to take up the baton of human progress. Hall portrays a uniquely rebellious, inquisitive, individualistic people whose ideas and creations continue to enthrall thinkers centuries after the Greek world was conquered by Rome. These are the Greeks as you’ve never seen them before.
Author : Luc Ferry
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062215469
Total Pages : 471 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Wisdom of the Myths written by Luc Ferry and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 471 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A marvelously wise and expansive book. . . . Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it’s rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful.” — Boston Globe A fascinating journey through Greek mythology that explains the myths' timeless lessons and meaning Heroes, gods, and mortals. The Greek myths are the founding narratives of Western civilization: to understand them is to know the origins of philosophy, literature, art, science, law, and more. Indeed, as Luc Ferry shows in this masterful book, they remain a great store of wisdom, as relevant to our lives today as ever before. No mere legends or clichés ("Herculean task," "Pandora's box," "Achilles heel," etc.), these classic stories offer profound and manifold lessons, providing the first sustained attempt to answer fundamental human questions concerning "the good life," the burden of mortality, and how to find one's place in the world. Vividly retelling the great tales of mythology and illuminating fresh new ways of understanding them, The Wisdom of the Myths will enlighten readers of all ages.
