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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Oxford University Press 2000 Hard cover Very good in Very good jacket Jacket is lightly worn, particularly along edges. Spine is tight. Cover edges are slightly worn. Bottom edge has three pen marks, but legibility is not affected. Inside is clean and unmarked.
Oxford University Press, Date: 2000. Hard cover. Very good/Very good. Jacket is lightly worn, particularly along edges. Spine is tight. Cover edges are slightly worn. Bottom edge has three pen marks, but legibility is not affected. Inside is clean and unmarked. 2000. Oxford University Press ISBN 0198152744 9780198152743 [US]
ISBN10: 0198152744, ISBN13: 9780198152743, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Jacket is lightly worn, particularly along edges. Spine is tight. Cover edges are slightly worn. Bottom edge has three pen marks, but legibility is not affected. Inside is clean and unmarked. [Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]
ISBN10: 0198152744, ISBN13: 9780198152743, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.04 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2001]
Oxford University Press, USA 1/18/2001 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 0198152744, ISBN13: 9780198152743, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The idea that it is possible to learn from history is fascinating, but also complex. What exactly can you learn from the past? Does it repeat itself? If it does, how can you prevent repetition of evil and ensure repetition of good? Livy's History of Rome is all about people learning or failing to learn from the past, so in many ways his work is an extended exploration of this problem. In this book Dr Chaplin starts from Livy'sprogrammatic claim that history offers examples of good and bad conduct. Where previous studies have focused on the meaning of exemplary episodes and characters in isolation, this treatment traces the way historicalfigures try to interpret the past to their advantage. In doing so, the book demonstrates Livy's awareness of the shifting relevance of history and argues that a narrative organized around exempla allowed Livy, poised between the collapse of the Republic and the foundation of the Empire, to make the Romans' past meaningful for their future. The Roman historian Livy saw the past as a storehouse of lessons. Jane Chaplin examines how his historical figures manipulate the shifting meaning of the past and reveals Livy's acute sensitivity to contemporary problems. Special emphasis is placed on Romans versus foreigners as students of the past, the competing claims of near and remote events, and history's re ...
Oxford University Press, USA 1/18/2001 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.
ISBN10: 0198152744, ISBN13: 9780198152743, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Hardcover Hardcover. The idea that it is possible to learn from history is fascinating, but also complex. What exactly can you learn from the past? Does it repeat itself? If it does, how can you prevent repetition of evil and ensure repetition of good? Livy's History of Rome is all about people learning or failing to learn from the past, so in many ways his work is an extended exploration of this problem. In this book Dr Chaplin starts from Livy'sprogrammatic claim that history offers examples of good and bad conduct. Where previous studies have focused on the meaning of exemplary episodes and characters in isolation, this treatment traces the way historicalfigures try to interpret the past to their advantage. In doing so, the book demonstrates Livy's awareness of the shifting relevance of history and argues that a narrative organized around exempla allowed Livy, poised between the collapse of the Republic and the foundation of the Empire, to make the Romans' past meaningful for their future. The Roman historian Livy saw the past as a storehouse of lessons. Jane Chaplin examines how his historical figures manipulate the shifting meaning of the past and reveals Livy's acute sensitivity to contemporary problems. Special emphasis is placed on Romans versus foreigners as students of the past, the competing claims of near and remote events, and history's re ...
ISBN10: 0198152744, ISBN13: 9780198152743, [publisher: Oxford University Press] Hardcover [DH, SE, Spain] [Publication Year: 2001]
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