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The Art of Rhetoric in Alexandria. Its Theory and Practice in the Ancient World.
Robert W. Smith
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paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Goethe's great love for the ancient classics once prompted him to write ("Gespriiche mit Eckerman," April 1, 1827), "Man studiere nicht die Mitgeborenen und Mitstrebenden, sondern grosse Menschen der Vorzeit, deren Werke seit Jahrhunderten gleichen Wert und gleiches Ansehen behalten haben ...Man studiere Moliere, man studiere Shakespeare, aber vor allen Dingen die alten Griechen und immer die alten Griechen. " Anyone examining the history of Western ideas has found this statement to prove eminently true: one must study above all others the ancient Greeks. This book, by its study of the Greeks and others, seeks to fill in a small ... Read more
Goethe's great love for the ancient classics once prompted him to write ("Gespriiche mit Eckerman," April 1, 1827), "Man studiere nicht die Mitgeborenen und Mitstrebenden, sondern grosse Menschen der Vorzeit, deren Werke seit Jahrhunderten gleichen Wert und gleiches Ansehen behalten haben ...Man studiere Moliere, man studiere Shakespeare, aber vor allen Dingen die alten Griechen und immer die alten Griechen. " Anyone examining the history of Western ideas has found this statement to prove eminently true: one must study above all others the ancient Greeks. This book, by its study of the Greeks and others, seeks to fill in a small ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Martinus Nijhoff
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789024751730
SKU
KTS0036249
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