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The Roman Mind at Work
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 17809895-6
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Roman Mind at Work.
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Krieger Pub Co., Huntingham, New York, 1980
ISBN 10: 0898742005
ISBN 13: 9780898742008
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Seller: Doss-Haus Books, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. Softcover 1980 edition. Soft corner crease to front cover. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. Book in good condition. (191 pages). Seller Inventory # 019835
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Roman Mind at Work.
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Krieger Pub Co. 01.06.1980., 1980
ISBN 10: 0898742005
ISBN 13: 9780898742008
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Softcover
Seller: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Germany
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Condition: Gut. Reprint from 1958. 191 S. / p. Aus der Bibliothek von Prof. Wolfgang Haase, langjährigem Herausgeber der ANRW und des International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT) / From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - sehr guter Zustand / very good condition - FOREWORD -- The conviction behind this book is that the Roman mind is still at work, profoundly influencing, in ways we are not always aware of, our politics, our diplomacy, our art literature, our religious and philosophical attitudes, and our law. The Romans have a double claim upon our attention: as relevant to us, and as important in themselves. The Epilogue discusses their relevance to modem America; here the focus is on the Romans as important in themselves. -- Three things tend to conceal that importance from modern students: an all-too-rare, brief, and necessarily elementary exposure to Latin in school; a view of the Romans as soulless imitators of the Greeks; and an overwillingness to accept either the Romans' assessment of themselves as somewhat unattractive Puritans, or Hollywoods picture of them as sadistic, pleasure-mad indulgers in orgies. -- First: country-wide, only about seven in every hundred students now have any firsthand acquaintance with the Roman mind at work, and most of these abandon the subject after two years. Having applied themselves, with more or less devotion and success, to mastering the structure of a sophisticated, complex language, they are then forced by other claims, some legitimate, some not, to stop Latin just at the moment when they might begin to derive both pleasure and profit from going deeper into intellectual history of a fascinating and important people. Meanwhile, such knowledge of the Romans as most Americans possess is derived second-hand from books like this, which is perhaps better than nothing, but still a pity. ISBN 9780898742008 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 23 11,4 x 1,3 x 19,1 cm, Broschiert / Paperback. Seller Inventory # 1180383
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Roman Mind at Work
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Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Seller Inventory # M00898742005-G