It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought (Routledge Revivals) by Sue Blundell
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It has been much disputed to what extent thinkers in Greek and Roman antiquity adhered to ideas of evolution and progress in human affairs. Did they lack any conception of process in time, or did they anticipate Darwinian and Lamarckian hypotheses? The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought, first published in1986, comprehensively examines this issue. Beginning with creation myths – Mother Earth and Pandora, the anti-progressive ideas of the Golden Age, and the cyclical theories of Orphism – Professor Blundell goes on to explore the origins of scientific speculation among the...
The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought (Routledge Revivals) by Sue Blundell is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.
This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read The Origins of Civilization in Greek and Roman Thought (Routledge Revivals) aloud.
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