1st Edition

Humanist Essays (Routledge Revivals)

By Gilbert Murray Copyright 2014
204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

204 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1964, this is a short collection of both literary and philosophical essays. Whilst two essays consider Greek literature written at the point at which the Athenian empire was breaking apart, another group explore the background from which Christianity arose, considering Paganism and the religious philosophy at the time of Christ. These, in particular, display Gilbert Murray’s... Read more

Introduction;  Part I: Literary  1. Religio Grammatici: the Religion of a ‘Man of Letters’  2. Aristophanes and the War Party  3. The Bacchae of Euripidies  4. Poesis and Mimesis  5. Literature as Revelation;  Part II: Philosophical  6. Pagan Religion and Philosophy at the Time of Christ  7. The Stoic Philosophy  8. The Conception of Another Life  9. What is Permanent in Positivism  10. Satanism and the World Order

Biography

Gilbert Murray