Download or read book The Worth of Ancient Literature to the Modern World written by James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Worth of Ancient Literature to the Modern World written by James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Worth of Ancient Literature to the Modern World written by James Bryce Bryce (Viscount) and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Worth of Ancient Literature to the Modern World Classic Reprint written by James Bryce and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Worth of Ancient Literature to the Modern World Hat the study Of the Greek and Latin languages should be now disparaged need cause no surprise, for a' reaction against the undue predominance they enjoyed in education a century ago was long overdue. What is remarkable is that the disposition to disparage them and exalt another Class of subjects has laid hold of certain sections of the population which were not wont to interest themselves in educational matters, but used to take submissively whatever instruction was given them. It is a remarkable fact; but_ though remarkable, it is not hard to explain. The most striking feature in the economic Changes of the last eighty years has been the immense development Of industrial production by the application thereto Of discoveries in the sphere Of natural science. Employment has been provided for an enormous mimber Of workers, and enormous fortunes have been accumulated by those employers who had the foresight or the luck to embark capital in the new forms of manufacture. Thus there has been created in the popular mind an association, now pretty deeply rooted, between the knowledge Of applied science and material prosperity. It is this association of ideas, rather than any pride in the achievements of the human intellect by the unveiling Of the secrets of Nature and the setting of her forces at work in the ser vice of man, that has made a knowledge of physical science seem so supremely important to large Classes that never before thought about education or tried to estimate the respective value of the various studies needed to train the intelligence and form the Character. TO put the point in the crudest way, the average man sees, This paper originally appeared in the Fortnightly Review, April, 1917, and is reprinted with the courteous permission of its author and of the editor of the Fortnightly Review. Or thinks he sees, that the difiusion of a knowledge of languages, literature, and history does not seem to promise an increase Of riches either to the nation or to the persons who possess that knowl edge, while he does see, or thinks he sees, that from a knowledge of mechanics or chemistry or electricity such an increase may be expected both to the community and to the persons engaged in the industries dependent on those sciences. This average man ac cordingly concludes that the former or the literary kinds of knowl edge have, both for the individual and for the community, far less value than have the latter, i.e., the scientific. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Worth of Ancient Literature to the Modern World written by Abraham Flexner and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-04-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book New Worlds Ancient Texts written by Anthony Grafton and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1995-03-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describing an era of exploration during the Renaissance that went far beyond geographic bounds, this book shows how the evidence of the New World shook the foundations of the old, upsetting the authority of the ancient texts that had guided Europeans so far afield. What Anthony Grafton recounts is a war of ideas fought by mariners, scientists, publishers, and rulers over a period of 150 years. In colorful vignettes, published debates, and copious illustrations, we see these men and their contemporaries trying to make sense of their discoveries as they sometimes confirm, sometimes contest, and finally displace traditional notions of the world beyond Europe.
Download or read book The Shock of the Ancient written by Larry F. Norman and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cultural battle known as the Quarrel of the Ancients and Moderns served as a sly cover for more deeply opposed views about the value of literature and the arts. One of the most public controversies of early modern Europe, the Quarrel has most often been depicted as pitting antiquarian conservatives against the insurgent critics of established authority. The Shock of the Ancient turns the canonical vision of those events on its head by demonstrating how the defenders of Greek literature—rather than clinging to an outmoded tradition—celebrated the radically different practices of the ancient world. At a time when the constraints of decorum and the politics of French absolutism quashed the expression of cultural differences, the ancient world presented a disturbing face of otherness. Larry F. Norman explores how the authoritative status of ancient Greek texts allowed them to justify literary depictions of the scandalous. The Shock of the Ancient surveys the diverse array of aesthetic models presented in these ancient works and considers how they both helped to undermine the rigid codes of neoclassicism and paved the way for the innovative philosophies of the Enlightenment. Broadly appealing to students of European literature, art history, and philosophy, this book is an important contribution to early modern literary and cultural debates.
Download or read book Roman Lives written by Plutarch, and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-09-11 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plutarch introduces the reader to the major figures of classical Rome. He portrays virtues to be emulated and vices to be avoided, but his purpose is also to educate and warn those in his own day who wielded power.
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