The glory that was Greece : a survey of Hellenic culture and civilization (1915)
Stobart, J. C. (John Clarke), 1878-1933, Hopper, R. J. (Robert John), 1910- · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 34
w something about her our knowledge of thepast must be built upon sand. That is true: only nobodycares very much what historians say, for they deal withthe past, and the past is dead and disgusting. To somecultured folk who have read Swinburne (but not Plato)the notion of the Greeks presents a… … THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECEcountless earnest students of the Bible who remember whatSt. Paul said about those Greeks who thought the Crossfoolishness and those Athenians who were always wantingto hear something new. Yet, in a sense, the Crosswas a typical Stoic paradox. Then there are a vast numberof…
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