The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity

• Autore principale: Edelstein, Ludwig (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Johns Hopkins University Press 2019
• Soggetti: Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500; Ancient philosophy
• Accesso online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Originally published in 1967. 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...