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Paideia: the Ideals of Greek Culture : Volume II: in Search of the Divine Center by Werner Jaeger and Gilbert Highet (1986, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195040473
ISBN-139780195040470
eBay Product ID (ePID)74445
Product Key Features
Number of Pages464 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NamePaideia: the Ideals of Greek Culture : Volume II: in Search of the Divine Center
Publication Year1986
SubjectAncient / Greece, History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
TypeTextbook
AuthorWerner Jaeger, Gilbert Highet
Subject AreaPhilosophy, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight18.3 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"[Paideia] is intended for the general reader, and it is probably God's gift to educators, because it conveys to the reader, in a clear and attractive form, covering the ground comprehensively, a conception of the central point of view in Hellenic society and culture."--Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker"The most illuminating work I have ever read on Greece."--Edith Hamilton, The New York Times Book Review."[Paideia] is intended for the general reader, and it is probably God's gift to educators, because it conveys to the reader, in a clear and attractive form, covering the ground comprehensively, a conception of the central point of view in Hellenic society and culture."--Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker"The most illuminating work I have ever read on Greece."--Edith Hamilton, The New York Times Book Review., "[Paideia] is intended for the general reader, and it is probably God's gift to educators, because it conveys to the reader, in a clear and attractive form, covering the ground comprehensively, a conception of the central point of view in Hellenic society and culture."--Edmund Wilson, The NewYorker, "The most illuminating work I have ever read on Greece."--Edith Hamilton, The New York Times Book Review., "[Paideia] is intended for the general reader, and it is probably God's gift to educators, because it conveys to the reader, in a clear and attractive form, covering the ground comprehensively, a conception of the central point of view in Hellenic society and culture."--Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker"The most illuminating work I have ever read on Greece."--Edith Hamilton, The New York Times Book Review., "[Paideia] is intended for the general reader, and it is probably God's gift to educators, because it conveys to the reader, in a clear and attractive form, covering the ground comprehensively, a conception of the central point of view in Hellenic society and culture."--Edmund Wilson, The New Yorker "The most illuminating work I have ever read on Greece."--Edith Hamilton, The New York Times Book Review.
Volume NumberVol. 2
Dewey Decimal180/.938
SynopsisWerner Jaeger's classic three-volume work, originally published in 1939, is now available in paperback. Paideia, the shaping of Greek character through a union of civilization, tradition, literature, and philosophy is the basis for Jaeger's evaluation of Hellenic culture. Volume I describes the foundation, growth, and crisis of Greek culture during the archaic and classical epochs, ending with the collapse of the Athenian empire. The second and third volumes of the work deal with the intellectual history of ancient Greece in the Age of Plato, the 4th century B.C.--the age in which Greece lost everything that is valued in this world--state, power, liberty--but still clung to the concept of paideia. As its last great poet, Menander summarized the primary role of this ideal in Greek culture when he said: "The possession which no one can take away from man is paideia.", Werner Jaeger's classic three-volume work, originally published in 1939, is now available in paperback. Paideia, the shaping of Greek character through a union of civilization, tradition, literature, and philosophy is the basis for Jaeger's evaluation of Hellenic culture.Volume I describes the foundation, growth, and crisis of Greek culture during the archaic and classical epochs, ending with the collapse of the Athenian empire. The second and thirdvolumes of the work deal with the intellectual history of ancient Greece in the Age of Plato, the 4th century B.C.--the age in which Greece lost everything that is valued in this world--state, power,liberty--but still clung to the concept of paideia. As its last great poet, Menander summarized the primary role of this ideal in Greek culture when he said: "The possession which no one can take away from man is paideia."
LC Classification NumberB171
