The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought (Routledge Revivals)

ISBN-13: 9780415748209 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 234 str.

Sue Blundell

Opis

It has been much disputed to what extent thinkers in Greek and Roman antiquity adhered to ideas of evolution and progress in human affairs. Did they lack any conception of process in time, or did they anticipate Darwinian and Lamarckian hypotheses? This book comprehensively examines this issue.

Spis treści

Preface Part I: The Origins of the Human Race 1. Mythological explanations 2. The theories of the Presocratic philosophers 3. Later theories 4. Evolution and the survival of the fittest Part II: Patterns of Cultural History 5. Values and Cycles 6. Golden Age Theories 7. Theories of progress 8. Hard primitivism and the noble savage; Conclusion; Select Bibliography; Index

O autorze

Sue Blundell