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... Hellenic history is introduced to illustrate this . The " whole , " or " society , " to which England belongs is identi- fied as Western Christendom ; its extension in space at different dates is measured , and its origins in time . It ...
... Hellenic history is introduced to illustrate this . The " whole , " or " society , " to which England belongs is identi- fied as Western Christendom ; its extension in space at different dates is measured , and its origins in time . It ...
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... Hellenic civilization and may be the fate of our own . The outstanding criterion of disintegration is the schism of the body social into three fractions : dominant minority , internal proletariat , and external proletariat . What has ...
... Hellenic civilization and may be the fate of our own . The outstanding criterion of disintegration is the schism of the body social into three fractions : dominant minority , internal proletariat , and external proletariat . What has ...
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... Hellenic civiliza- tion , having had no such religious chrysalis , was becom- ing increasingly hungry for religion . ( ii ) Encounters with the pre - Alexandrine Hellenic Civilization . A conflict between three antagonists for mastery ...
... Hellenic civiliza- tion , having had no such religious chrysalis , was becom- ing increasingly hungry for religion . ( ii ) Encounters with the pre - Alexandrine Hellenic Civilization . A conflict between three antagonists for mastery ...
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CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL Acknowledgments | 9 |
Preface | 11 |
My View of History | 15 |
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