Name: The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity
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Author: Ludwig Edelstein
ISBN: 9781421435572

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The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity

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Physical Book

Publisher

Jhup

Author

Ludwig Edelstein

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

247

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781421435572

Synopsis "The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity "

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 latter stages beingâ€”with perhaps occasional retardations or minor regressionsâ€”superior to the earlier." Edelstein's contemporaries asserted that the Greeks and Romans were entirely ignorant of a belief in progress in this sense of the term. In arguing against this dominant thesis, Edelstein draws from the conclusions of scholars of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and discusses ideas of Auguste Comte and Wilhelm Dilthey.

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