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| #808198 in eBooks | 2013-01-18 | 2013-01-18 | File type: PDF||11 of 13 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting More For Histiography then the History|By S. Pactor|I read this book because Burckhardt is (in my mind) the first "modern" historian. I've seen his more well known "History of Renaissance Italy" around, but this was the first time I had encountered his History of Greek Culture. Unpublished during his lifetime, this book is more a compilation of his lecture notes|About the Author|Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) was one of the greatest historians of the nineteenth century. He was professor of History and the History of Art at the University of Basel from 1858 to 1893, and was a mentor to Friedrich Nietzsche.
This monumental work by a distinguished European scholar presents a scrupulously realistic approach to ancient Greek civilization. Professor Burckhardt dispenses with superficial and sentimental views of ancient Greece to embrace a more sophisticated and accurate vision of a complex culture that practiced both the best and worst elements of the social contract. A penetrating thinker with a genius for concrete illustration, Burckhardt begins with a thorough account o...
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