The Greeks who made us who we are: eighteen ancient philosophers, scientists, poets and others

Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers (2013)
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In particular, it seeks to disclose two distinctive features of Western culture uniquely attributable to the ancient Greeks: A human-centered worldview that elevated humans to the threshold of divinity and a philosophical temperament which for the first time in history proffered unbridled operation of the human mind as a kind of cultural imperative"--Provided by publisher.

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