Development of the Idea of History in Antiquity
ISBN: 9780773563971
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / McGill-Queen''s University Press
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Subjects: History -- Philosophy; History Ancient -- Historiography;

An extensive scholarly literature, written in the past century holds that in ancient Greek and Roman thought history is understood as circular and repetitive - a consequence of their anti-temporal metaphysics - in contrast with Judaeo-Christian thought, w

Press Gerald A. :

Gerald A. Press is professor of philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York and the editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy.Gerald A. Press is professor of philosophy at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York and the editor of the Journal of the History of Philosophy.


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