Classical Learning in Britain, France, and the Dutch Republic, 1690-1750: Beyond the Ancients and the Moderns

by Floris Verhaart

For much of western history, the achievements of classical antiquity were seen as unsurpassable, and works by Latin and Greek authors were viewed as treasure troves of information still useful for contemporary society. By the late seventeenth century, however, the progress of scientific discoveries and the new paradigms of rationalism and empiricism meant the authority of the ancients was called into question. Those working on the classical past and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198861699
• ISBN13: 9780198861690
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"