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... Politics , ' by Walter Bagehot , the reader will find a line of speculation absolutely fresh and attractive . An invaluable writer is Maine , whose works on ' Village Communities ' and ' Early Law ' are luminous contributions to a ...
... Politics , ' by Walter Bagehot , the reader will find a line of speculation absolutely fresh and attractive . An invaluable writer is Maine , whose works on ' Village Communities ' and ' Early Law ' are luminous contributions to a ...
Side 143
... political as well as spiritual power into their hands . Here we have the explanation of the stationariness of ancient civilisations like Assyria , Babylonia , and Egypt . Religion permitted of no ideas or practices which ran counter to ...
... political as well as spiritual power into their hands . Here we have the explanation of the stationariness of ancient civilisations like Assyria , Babylonia , and Egypt . Religion permitted of no ideas or practices which ran counter to ...
Side 144
... political stagna- tion , the mental sterility , which overtook other ancient civilisations . Greece escaped the fate of the great ancient Empires because , owing to her geographical position , she could never become a colossal Empire ...
... political stagna- tion , the mental sterility , which overtook other ancient civilisations . Greece escaped the fate of the great ancient Empires because , owing to her geographical position , she could never become a colossal Empire ...
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... Politics . ' " The culture history of Greece , like the political , connects really from the first with the physical conditions . The disrupted character of the mainland , the diffusion of the people through the Ægean Isles , the ...
... Politics . ' " The culture history of Greece , like the political , connects really from the first with the physical conditions . The disrupted character of the mainland , the diffusion of the people through the Ægean Isles , the ...
Side 148
... political divided- ness of Hellendom prevented even an ap- proach to organisation among the scattered and independent priests , so the priesthood had no power and no thought of imposing artistic limitations on the shapers of the art ...
... political divided- ness of Hellendom prevented even an ap- proach to organisation among the scattered and independent priests , so the priesthood had no power and no thought of imposing artistic limitations on the shapers of the art ...
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