The Uses of the Past: Profiles of Former Societies
by Muller, Herbert J
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
New York: A Galaxy Book - Oxford University Press, 1959. Second Printing . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 5" x 8. 394 Pages Indexed. Galaxy #GB9. Tight square book with bright covers and no marks or stamps. Original cover price $2.25. Very, very light emerging age-tanning. First published 1952 and first publishedas a Galaxy Book in 1957. A survey of the golden ages of past societies in a search for a pattern or a lesson that can be meaningful today. The author analyzes the spirit and contribution of the Byzantine Empire, Israel, Greece, and Rome; Western Christendom, including the Age of the Enlightenment; Holy Russia, Byzantine and Marxist; and the mysticism of India and the humanism of China. In the final chapter he presents a challenge and a credo for the present. The main thesis is that while history has o grand Meaning, it is constituted of many continuous and conflicting meanings.
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- Bookseller
- Dons Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8207
- Title
- The Uses of the Past: Profiles of Former Societies
- Author
- Muller, Herbert J
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- A Galaxy Book - Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Size
- 5" x 8
- Keywords
- HISTORY PHILOSOPHY
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