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Jacob Burckhardt
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Saturday, January 21, 2012
The Apostle of High Culture
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous senator, orator, and philosopher of the Roman Republic, in its last days before the rise of the dynasty of...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Revival of Civilization
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Jacob Burckhardt, translated by S. G. C. Middlemore, London, Phaidon Press, 1960, 462 pp. T...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
The Beauty of Nature, Man’s Dominion, and the Environmentalist Movement
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Beauty is that quality of certain sights and sounds which appeals to us and draws us back to look or listen again in appreciative contemplat...
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