“The city-state was the means by which the Greek consciously strove to make the life both of the community and of the individual more excellent than it was before.” — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“Typical of the limitations, even the contradictions of life, is the fact that what is most worth having can often only be had at the peril of life itself.” — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“The city-state was the means by which the Greek consciously strove to make the life both of the community and of the individual more… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“It is an interesting, though idle, speculation, what would be the effect on us if all our reformers, revolutionaries, planners, politicians, and life-arrangers in… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“Typical of the limitations, even the contradictions of life, is the fact that what is most worth having can often only be had at… — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
“...unless our standards of civilization are comfort and contraptions, Athens from (say) 480 to 380 was clearly the most civilized society that has yet existed.” — H.D.F. Kitto Copy Share Image
