Classical influences on Western thought : A.D. 1650-1870 ; proceedings of an international conference held at King's College, Cambridge, March 1977

Introduction / R.r. Bolgar -- The Epilogue To The Renaissance : Roman Law And The National Legal System / H. Coing -- Phaenomena Bene Fundata : From Saving The Appearances To The Mechanisation Of The World-picture / Jürgen Mittelstrass -- L'influence De La Tradition Hermétique Et Cabalistique / Cesare Vasoli -- Emendatio Omnium : A Pedagogic Or A Political Programme? / K. Schaller -- Scepticism And Religious Belief : Pascal, Bayle, Hume / E.d. James -- Antiquity As Myth : Die Querelle Des Anciens Et Des Modernes, Der Nationalismus Und Die Deutsche Klassik / Manfred Fuhrmann -- The Intermittent Beat Of Classicism / J.h. Whitfield -- Jean-jacques Rousseau And The Myth Of Antiquity In The Eighteenth Century / R.a. Leigh -- La Formation De L'athènes Bourgeoise : Essai D'historiographie 1750-1850, Nicole Loraux Et Pierre Vidal-naquet / Pour Geoffrey Lloyd. Edited By R. R. Bolgar. English, French Or German. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The third international conference on classical influences took place in Cambridge in 1977 under the title 'Classical Influences in Western Education, Philosophy and Social Theory'. Dr Bolgar has here collected and edited the proceedings and produced a volume which attempts to relate the progress of classical studies to the general history of ideas from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. The book should be of interest to specialists in classical studies, to students of the literature of the period, and to students of eighteenth-century French, Italian and American history. Dr Bolgar collected, edited and produced this volume on the third international conference on classical influences of 1977. This volume relates the progress of classical studies to the general history of ideas from the mid-seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century. The book will interest specialists in classical studies, and students of literature and eighteenth-century history. xiii, 394 pages ; 24 cm English, French or German Includes bibliographical references and index