Jeff Kahl Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Which surveys of Ancient History (especially Greece and Rome) tend to be highly regarded/recommended by Objectivists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydstun Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece I know little about history of Rome. Perhaps others know some good scholarship on it in the league with the preceding book on Ancient Greece. Jeff Kahl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William O Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) @Jeff Kahl, Objectivists tend to like Durant's history of civilization, which has volumes on the ancient Oriental world, Greece, and Rome. I can say that his writing is superb. He may be substantially out of date. Dr. Leonard Peikoff has a list of recommended history books: History Reading List « Peikoff I can say that I read McNeill's single volume history of the world, and I really liked it. I am nothing resembling a historian, though. Edited November 25, 2020 by William O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reidy Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 NBI Book Service used to sell Bowra's The Greek Experience. Prices on Amazon range for some reason from a few dollars to several hundred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boydstun Posted May 31 Report Share Posted May 31 On 11/25/2020 at 10:53 AM, Boydstun said: The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece . . . To that one, we might pin a particular story: Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy Jim Henderson 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Henderson Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece is exceptional in its recognition that Aristotle was right, as demonstrated by the success of the independent Greek city states, when he posited that humans "are distinctive among social animals in our natural capacities to use reason and our ability to communicate complex ideas and information through language." (p 54) Boydstun 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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