Love, Sex & Tragedy: How The Ancient World Shapes Our Lives by Simon Goldhill

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"If you do not know where you come from, you will always be a child." Cicero wasn't talking about being a child in the sense of enjoying life in a state of ignorant bliss. He was, rather, adamant that those who don't understand their origins are consigned to a life without power or authority, without the ability to act fully in the world. Love, Sex & Tragedy is acclaimed classicist Simon Goldhill's corrective to our state of ignorance. Lifting the veil on our inheritance of classical traditions, Goldhill offers a witty, engrossing survey of the Greek and Roman roots of everything from our overwhelming mania for "hard bodies" to our political systems. This 2004 University of Chicago Press Hardback is in very good condition. DJ. ISBN: 9780226301174 SKU: 1582184 This image is of the actual book. Show more