β Scribed by T. S. Eliot
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A collection of essays grappling with some of the most significant topics of our time, Essays Ancient and Modern reveals Eliot's thoughts on his literary contemporaries and predecessors, the role of religion in a secular society, and the continuing tradition of the classics in modern education. Astute and erudite, here we see the inner thoughts of one of our greatest minds, articulated in some of his most eloquent and direct prose.
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PREFACE Introduction LECTURE 1. The Origin And Object Of The Ancient Mysteries LECTURE 2. The Egyptian, Hindu, And Persian Mysteries LECTURE 3. The Druidical, Gothic, Grecian, And Jewish Mysteries LECTURE 4. The Christian Mysteries LECTURE 5. The Christian Mysteries, Concluded LE
It's time for us to re-examine the past. Our lives are infinitely richer if we take the time to look at what the Greeks and Romans have given us in politics and law, religion and philosophy and education, and to learn how people really lived in Athens, Rome, Sparta and Alexandria. This is a book wit
One of Germany's greatest poets, Johann Christian Friedrich HοΏ½lderlin (1770-1843) was also a prose writer of intense feeling, intelligence and perception. This new translation of selected letters and essays traces the life and thoughts of this extraordinary writer. HοΏ½lderlin's letters to friends and