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For a long while mistakenly revered as a saviour of classical civilization, in recent times more often dismissed as an anachronism, Cassiodorus emerges from this edition of the Institutions as an exceptional but nonetheless representative exponent of the learned Christian culture of later Latin Antiquity.

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Acknowledgments List of Illustrations References and Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1. Epigraph; Two Pen-Portraits of 'Cassiodorus' 2. The Writer, His Life and Works On the Soul 3. Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning Genesis and Models Composition and Contents Book 1: The Bible and Christian Authors Book 2: The Liberal Arts Reception and Historical Significance 4. Epilogue INSTITUTIONS OF DIVINE AND SECULAR LEARNING ON THE SOUL Bibliography Index

Cassiodorus Institutions of Divine and Secular

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/04/2004
      ISBN13: 9780853239987, 978-0853239987
      ISBN10: 0853239983
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      Book Synopsis
      For a long while mistakenly revered as a saviour of classical civilization, in recent times more often dismissed as an anachronism, Cassiodorus emerges from this edition of the Institutions as an exceptional but nonetheless representative exponent of the learned Christian culture of later Latin Antiquity.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments List of Illustrations References and Abbreviations INTRODUCTION 1. Epigraph; Two Pen-Portraits of 'Cassiodorus' 2. The Writer, His Life and Works On the Soul 3. Institutions of Divine and Secular Learning Genesis and Models Composition and Contents Book 1: The Bible and Christian Authors Book 2: The Liberal Arts Reception and Historical Significance 4. Epilogue INSTITUTIONS OF DIVINE AND SECULAR LEARNING ON THE SOUL Bibliography Index

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