The Greek Way
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
01.01.2026
Verlag
Martino Fine BooksSeitenzahl
262
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/1,6 cm
Gewicht
430 g
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798898780234
The Golden Age, Seen with Modern Eyes The brilliance of fifth-century Athens, the subject of Edith Hamilton's celebrated The Greek Way (1930), lies in its singular achievement of intellectual balance: a unique harmony between the mind and the spirit. Hamilton argues that the Greeks, unlike the monolithic tyrannies of the East, were the first to embrace reason and the dignity of the individual. They sought to discover the natural world, turning "full-face to life," in contrast to other ancient cultures which she characterized as submitting and turning toward death. The book, which became an immediate success and an enduring classic, explores how this intellectual freedom manifested across Athenian culture. Hamilton delves into the profound, universal elements of Greek tragedy-examining the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides-and the vital political satire of Aristophanes. She showcases how figures like the historians Herodotus and Thucydides laid the groundwork for modern inquiry, while the philosophy of Plato preserved the Socratic method, shaping the foundation of Western thought. While contemporary critics note that some of Hamilton's perspectives are dated and express an overly simplistic "East-West binary" and an "idealized" view of Greek democracy that overlooks its reliance on slavery, her work remains valued for its lucidity and remarkable ability to popularize and bring the essential wisdom of the Greeks to a broad modern audience. As the New York Times noted, the work is "of both cultural and critical importance."
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