A history of the ancient world, from 6000 B.C. to 400 A.D.

With advice and informative readings of the great Greek texts, this title shows how we might save classics and the Greeks.

H. I. Marrou's A History of Education in Antiquity has been an invaluable contribution in the fields of classical studies and history ever since its original publication in French in 1948.

Renaissance Thinkers contains studies of four of the most important philosophical writers of the European Renaissance.

"Outstanding... should be on every home educator's reference bookshelf.

Winner of the New Scholars Book Award from the American Educational Research Association Debates continue to rage over whether American university students should be required to master a common core of knowledge.

The bulk of the classical nuances occur in Smith's moral and natural philosophy, but Vivenza also shows that the classics had some impact on his economic thought.".