The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity by Ludwig Edelstein

The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity by Ludwig Edelstein

Originally published in 1967. Ludwig Edelstein characterizes the idea of "progress" in Greek and Roman times. He analyzes the ancients' belief in "a tendency inherent in nature or in man to pass through a regular sequence of stages of development in past, present, and future, the latter stages being—with perhaps occasional retardations or minor regressions—superior to the earlier." Edelstein's contemporaries asserted that the Greeks and Romans were entirely ignorant of a belief in progress in this sense of the term. In arguing against this dominant thesis, Edelstein draws from the conclusions of scholars of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and discusses ideas of Auguste Comte and Wilhelm Dilthey.

Ludwig Edelstein was a professor of philosophy and the history of medicine at Johns Hopkins University. Before that, he taught at the University of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley.

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ISBN 13	9781421435572
ISBN 10	1421435578
Title	The Idea of Progress in Classical Antiquity
Author	Ludwig Edelstein
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Johns Hopkins University Press
Year published	2020-01-26
Number of pages	248
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