Title: The Greeks who made us who we are
Subtitle: eighteen ancient philosophers, scientists, poets and others
Description: "In particular, it seeks to disclose two distinctive features of Western culture uniquely attributable to the ancient Greeks: A human-centered worldview that elevated humans to the threshold of divinity and a philosophical temperament which for the first time in history proffered unbridled operation of the human mind as a kind of cultural imperative"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Philosophy, ancient, Humanism, Philosophers, biography, Greece, history, to 146 b.c., Greece, biography, Ancient Philosophers, Biography, Ancient Philosophy, History