Category: Philosophy & Ethics
In the whole literature of the world there are few poems worthy of comparison, either in point of general interest, or of practical influence, with the _Bhagavadgītā_. It is a philosophical work, yet fresh and readable as poetry; a book of devotion, yet drawing its main inspir...
In the whole literature of the world there are few poems worthy of comparison, either in point of general interest, or of practical influence, with the _Bhagavadgītā_. It is a p...
2. CHAPTER II.In the fifth century, B. C., Athens became the focus of Hellenic culture. Her achievements in the Persian wars had given her very distinctly the leadership of all the Greek stat...
3. CHAPTER III.The history of Israel is unique in the annals of the nations. In size scarcely worthy of regard, in politics only for one brief reign of any serious account, with no special gen...
4. CHAPTER IV.The slow but steady rise of an obscure inland Italian town, first to the rule of all Italy, and finally to imperial sway over the whole Mediterranean world, is as full of proble...
5. CHAPTER V.I. The difference between ancient and modern times in Europe is vital. Human society is never stagnant; development in one direction or another is constant; so that in the cours...