 Thus the largest portion of that history which we commonly call ancient is practically modern, as it describes society in a stage analogous to that in which it now is ; while, on the other hand, much of what is called modern history is practically ancient,...  The history of the Peloponnesian war - Side 528af Thucydides - 1847Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Holmes Agnew - 1843 - 612 sider
...stage analogous to that in which it now is ; while, on the other hand, much of which is called modern history is practically ancient, as it relates to a...state of things which has passed away. Thucydides and XenophoOi the orators of Athens, and the philosophers, spral, a wisdom more applicable to us politically,... | |
 | 1843 - 740 sider
...stage analogous to that in which it now is ; while, on the other hand, much of what is called modern history is practically ancient, as it relates to a state of things which has passed away. Thucydideg and Xenophon, the orators of Athens, and the philosophers, speak a wisdom more applicable... | |
 | 1843 - 602 sider
...stage analogous to that ia which it now is ; while, on the other hand, much of which is called modern history is practically ancient, as it relates to a state of things which has passed away. Thucydidea and Xenophon, the orators of Athens, and the philosophers, .speak a wisdom more applicable... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1845 - 540 sider
...stage analogous to that in which it now is ; while, on the other hand, much of what is called modern history is practically ancient, as it relates to a...Xenophon, the orators of Athens, and the philosophers, epeak a wisdom more applicable to us politically than the wisdom even of our own countrymen who lived... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1845 - 466 sider
...stage analogous to that in which it now is ; while, on the other hand, much of what is called modern history is practically ancient, as it relates to a...passed away. Thucydides and Xenophon, the orators of AthenSj and the philosophers, speak a wisdom more applicable to us politically than the wisdom of even... | |
 | Francis Jeune - 1845 - 724 sider
...ancient is practically modern, as it describes society in a state analogous to that in which it is now, while on the other hand much of what is called modem History is practically ancient, as it belongs to a state of things that has passed away. Thucydides, Xenophon, the Orators of Athens, and... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1846 - 588 sider
...stage analogous to that in which it now is ; while, on the other hand, much of what is called modern history is practically ancient, as it relates to a...more applicable to us politically than the wisdom even of our own countrymen who lived in the middle ages ; and their position, both intellectual and... | |
 | James Bradley Thayer - 1898 - 680 sider
...a stage analogous to that in which it now is, while on the other hand most of what is called modern history is practically ancient, as it relates to a state of things which has passed away." * And again, if the reader, in running over these chapters, has wondered that the movement was so slow,... | |
 | Giambattista Vico - 1944 - 260 sider
...state analogous to that in which it now is ; while, on the odier hand, much of what is called modern history is practically ancient, as it relates to a state of things which has passed away." Arnold shows "how the popular party of an earlier period becomes die antipopular of a later; because... | |
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