The development of the idea of history in antiquity / Gerald A. Press.

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, which sees history as linear and unique - a co...

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Main Author: Press, Gerald A. (Gerald Alan), 1945-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1982.
Series:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 2.
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