The Greek Genius and Its Meaning to Us (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt From The Greek Genius And Its Meaning To Usthe Greek Genius Is An Unsatisfactory Title For A Book Which Says Nothing About Greek Politics Or Greek Sculpture; But The Genius Of Greek Literature Was Too Narrow For My Purpose, And Some Aspects Of The Greek Genius Which I Should Have Preferred, Was Already Appropriated So That The Present Name Has Been Adopted, And The Exact Scope Of The Book Indicated In The Introductory Chapter (See Esp. Pp. 13, I4). That Chapter Also Explains Who, For My Purposes, The Greeks Have Been Taken To Be; It Is Intended To Safeguard The Book Against Certain Obvious Criticisms, And May Well Be Omitted By General Readers Who Are Not Concerned With These Points.As I Am Writing For A General Audience, I Have Either Quoted In English Or Else Translated My Quotations. For Thucydides And Plato I Have Generally Made Use Of Jowett. Gaps In The Quotations Are Not Indicated Unless They Affect The General Sense Of The Passage. For A Book Of This Kind An Index Is Of Little Value, And I Have Therefore Substituted A Full Table Of Contents.About The Publisherforgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At Www.Forgottenbooks.Comthis Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses StateOfTheArt Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work, Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy. In Rare Cases, An Imperfection In The Original, Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page, May Be Replicated In Our Edition. We Do, However, Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works.