Word: ancients
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...desire to confer with men who wish to make a special study of the history of the ancient nations, Greeks, Romans and Israelites, - and who intend to apply their knowledge practically in the solution of problems raised by the life and thought of today. It seems to me that an assocition might be formed on the following lines. First, every undergraduate should have an hour's conference every week with some instructor. These conferences could be devoted to talking over his work, and bringing to a focus his knowledge, that he might better direct his future study. I could take...
Professor J. Estlin Carpenter lectured last night in Divinity Chapel on the doctrines of a future life as shown in Ancient Greece, tracing the development of Grecian theology, and showing how animism was transformed by religion. In substance the lecture was as follows...
...chief difficulty which confronts us in determining the doctrine of the Ancient Greeks on immortality is that of collecting evidence. In the first place the Greeks had no distinctive national faith, and there was a tendency of the cults to split up, in the absence of any single sanctuary, or great priestly order. Then there was no cultus-literature, though materials out of which canonical collections might have grown were numerous. Lastly the Greek religion was composed of various elements, and by writers of that time the doctrine of immortality was ascribed to foreign influences...
Classical Club. The Study of Ancient History at Harvard. Mr. C. P. Parker. 44 Brattle...
Classical Club. The Study of Ancient History at Harvard. Mr. C. P. Parker. 44 Brattle...