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The Greeks Who Made Us Who We Are Eighteen Ancient Philosophers, Scientists, Poets and Others
Author: M.A. Soupios
Year: 2013
Number of pages: 248
Format: PDF
File size: 1,8 MB
Language: ENG
Year: 2013
Number of pages: 248
Format: PDF
File size: 1,8 MB
Language: ENG
Hellenic contributions to Western Civilization are acknowledged by all, but the details of their endowment are under-appreciated. This volume seeks to disclose two distinctive features of Western culture uniquely attributable to the ancient Greeks: A human-centered worldview that elevated humans to the threshold of divinity and a philosophical temperament which for the first time in history proffered the unbridled operation of the human mind as a kind of cultural imperative.