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... ancient texts . Obliged as they were to concede primacy in Latin studies to the Italians , the French during the 16th century took the lead in Greek , although Denis Lambin ( Lambinus ; 1516-72 ) did valuable work on Cicero , Lucretius ...
... ancient texts . Obliged as they were to concede primacy in Latin studies to the Italians , the French during the 16th century took the lead in Greek , although Denis Lambin ( Lambinus ; 1516-72 ) did valuable work on Cicero , Lucretius ...
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... ancient history and philos- ophy . Corresponding progress was made in the field of ancient history . Berthold Niebuhr , the pioneer in historical source criticism , applied a rational skepticism to ancient legends and traditions ; he ...
... ancient history and philos- ophy . Corresponding progress was made in the field of ancient history . Berthold Niebuhr , the pioneer in historical source criticism , applied a rational skepticism to ancient legends and traditions ; he ...
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... ancient works into Latin . By the end of the 12th century much of the ancient heritage was again available to the Latin West . The medieval world was caricatured by thinkers of the 18th - century Enlightenment as a period of darkness ...
... ancient works into Latin . By the end of the 12th century much of the ancient heritage was again available to the Latin West . The medieval world was caricatured by thinkers of the 18th - century Enlightenment as a period of darkness ...
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SÃO PAULO | 3 |
SCANDINAVIAN LITERATURE | 10 |
The History of SCIENCE | 32 |
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