The most influential ancient historian of our time. . . Indisputably the most valuable writing on ancient history since 1945. 'New York Review of Books'. Few writers have taught us more about the ancient world than M. I finley. This provocative and wide-ranging collection of his essays contains illuminating discussions of some major issues- the nature of the Spartan state, the development of Greek law, mythological thinking in the Greek historians, utopian ideas old and new. Yet Finley's immense and detailed knowledge of ...
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The most influential ancient historian of our time. . . Indisputably the most valuable writing on ancient history since 1945. 'New York Review of Books'. Few writers have taught us more about the ancient world than M. I finley. This provocative and wide-ranging collection of his essays contains illuminating discussions of some major issues- the nature of the Spartan state, the development of Greek law, mythological thinking in the Greek historians, utopian ideas old and new. Yet Finley's immense and detailed knowledge of ancient societies is matched by his equally challenging insights into far larger topics of historical technique (can archaeology and anthropology really teach us much about ancient history?), the dangers of easy generalizations (was there ever really a Greek nation?) and the ways in which we all use the past to deal with our present problems (why have political activists from Isocrates to Edmund Burke and F. D. Roosevelt all preached a return to some kind of 'ancestral constitution?) The final chapter considers the boldest question of all- what the classical tradition still has to offer and why it is still worth studying history and the ancient world.
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Good. Size: 20x20x20; Hardcover, no dust jacket. Covers show very minor shelf wear/tanning. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Inscribed to previous owner.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
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Good in very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 253 p. Audience: General/trade. 1975 hardcover 1st edition, with a review of this and other books by Finley from the NY Review of Books laid in (which has caused an offset stain on the ffep). Slight tilt to spine, a little edgewear on dj, corners bumped, a lot of foxing, else text clean, binding tight
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Hardcover, 254 pp., unclipped jacket in Brodart sleeve. Mild wear, ghost image from removed newspaper clippings on rear endpapers otherwise unmarked, tight binding, jacket with tiny (1/2 cm) top edge tear on rear panel in nice condition overall.
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