Ancient Ideals: A Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth From Early Times to the Establishment of Christianity. E-book. Formato PDF Henry Osborn Taylor   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The present work is an attempt to treat human develop ment from the standpoint of the ideals of the different races, as these ideals disclose themselves in the art and literature, in the philosophy and religion, and in the conduct and political fortunes of each race. It has been my endeavor to preserve a unity of plan in setting forth the part taken by each race in the human drama. I have sought to make clear the nature of the contribution made by each to the stages of human growth reached before the Christian era; and to indicate in what respects these contributions became permanent elements of hu manity and thus elements of its further possibilities, possibilities that find in Christianity perfect conditions for their final realization.

Greek Biology and Medicine. E-book. Formato PDF Henry Osborn Taylor   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Dr. Taylor's volume on Greek Biology and Medicine is the third to appear in the new Library, Our Debt to Greece and Rome. The author has drawn his sketch in such a way as to make clear the in?uence of ancient biological and medical theories and of the ancient medical practice upon our intellectual life, to-day, giving frequent allusions to that in?uence as it affected distinguished biologists and men of medicine during the intervening centuries. This is part of the larger plan Of the Library as a Whole to Show in some detail the vitality of the ancient thought and to make more articulate the significance it pos sesses for us. We all too unconsciously ac cept a heritage — scientific, intellectual, spir itual which lies at the very core of our being and is the real hope of an orderly future.