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...progressive process of the revelation of always deeper religious insight . . . civilizations will have fulfilled their function when once they have brought a mature higher religion to birth; and, on this showing, our own Western post-Christian secular civilization might at best be a superfluous repetition of the pre-Christian Graeco-Roman one, and at worst a pernicious backsliding from the path of spiritual progress. In our Western world of today, the worship of Leviathan-the self-worship of the tribe -is a religion to which all of us pay some measure of allegiance; and this tribal religion is, of course...
...Frazer and Gibbon, Historian Toynbee replies: the Graeco-Roman civilization was not destroyed by Christianity but "decayed from inherent defects of its own." He also rejects the idea that religions act as bridges between civilizations. He sees it as just the reverse...
...this happened in Italy, which was a nation well within the stream of Graeco-Roman culture. It happened also in Germany. Mr. Flynn's plain point is that fascism can come to any Western capitalist nation, and he thinks that it is coming to the U.S. if someone doesn't figure out a way to lick old devil budget...
...genus home finally became a biped instead of a monkey, the tendency in battle was not to grab a meat axe, but to wrestle. Gradually the set-to between cavemen grew into an activity practiced for amusement's sake. The sport reached a high point in development with the Graeco-Roman method in the west and the Oriental style in the east...
...Loeser bequest, acquisitions from the Oppenheimer sale held in London last year, and loans from Mrs. Jesse Isidor Straus. Also being shown are some English water colors, and a new permanent exhibition of Near Eastern Art. Included in this latter exhibit are Persian Miniatures and pottery, Syrian glass and Graeco-Roman pottery...