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The Greek View of Life

Dickinson, G. Lowes

Read by Martin Geeson · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Chapters

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01 - Chapter I: The Greek View of Religion. Section 1 - Introductory (4:32)
02 - I.2 Greek Religion an Interpretation of Nature (15:42)
03 - I.3 Greek Religion an Interpretation of the Human Passions (4:11)
04 - I.4 Greek Religion the Foundation of Society (8:32)
05 - I.5 Religious Festivals (14:59)
06 - I.6 The Greek Conception of the Relation of Man to the Gods (7:45)
07 - I.7 Divination, Omens, Oracles (7:04)
08 - I.8 Sacrifice and Atonement (7:51)
09 - I.9 Guilt and Punishment (9:26)
10 - I.10 Mysticism (13:00)
11 - I.11 The Greek View of Death and a Future Life (19:37)
12 - I.12 Critical and Sceptical Opinion in Greece (13:22)
13 - I.13 Ethical Criticism (13:12)
14 - I.14 Transition to Monotheism (8:45)
15 - I.15 Metaphysical Criticism (15:03)
16 - I.16 Metaphysical Reconstruction - Plato (9:50)
17 - I.17 Summary (10:27)
18 - Chapter II: The Greek View of the State. Section 1 - The Greek State a 'City' (4:25)
19 - II.2 The Relation of the State to the Citizen (9:26)
20 - II.3 The Greek View of Law (5:23)
21 - II.4 Artisans and Slaves (16:08)
22 - II.5 The Greek State Primarily Military, not Industrial (8:24)
23 - II.6 Forms of Government in the Greek State (4:37)
24 - II.7 Faction and Anarchy (13:52)
25 - II.8 Property and the Communistic Ideal (22:39)
26 - II.9 Sparta (21:28)
27 - II.10 Athens (37:43)
28 - II.11 Sceptical Criticism of the Basis of the State (14:40)
29 - II.12 Summary (10:19)
30 - Chapter III: The Greek View of the Individual. Section 1 - The Greek View of Manual Labour and Trade (5:17)
31 - III.2 Appreciation of External Goods (6:17)
32 - III.3 Appreciation of Physical Qualities (4:36)
33 - III.4 Greek Athletics (8:16)
34 - III.5 Greek Ethics - Identification of the Aesthetic and Ethical Points of View (21:50)
35 - III.6 The Greek View of Pleasure (6:25)
36 - III.7 Illustrations - Ischomachus; Socrates (26:46)
37 - III.8 The Greek View of Woman (27:04)
38 - III.9 Protests against the Common View of Woman (8:26)
39 - III.10a Friendship (1) (14:07)
40 - III.10b Friendship (2) (15:11)
41 - III.10c Friendship (3) (16:50)
42 - III.11 Summary (8:55)
43 - Chapter IV: The Greek View of Art. Section 1 - Greek Art an Expression of National Life (9:14)
44 - IV.2 Identification of the Aesthetic and Ethical Points of View (11:34)
45 - IV.3 Sculpture and Painting (12:44)
46 - IV.4 Music and the Dance (19:59)
47 - IV.5 Poetry (9:26)
48 - IV.6a Tragedy (1) (18:11)
49 - IV.6b Tragedy (2) (23:31)
50 - IV.7 Comedy (6:21)
51 - IV.8 Summary (3:01)
52 - Chapter V: Conclusion (19:24)

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