CATALOG OF DOVER BOOKS 



THE SENSE OF BEAUTY, 6. Santayana. A revelation of the beauty of language as well as an im- 

 portant philosophic treatise, this work studies the "why, when, and how beauty appears, what 

 conditions an object must fulfill to be beautiful, what elements of our nature make us 

 sensible of beauty, and what the relation is between the constitution of the object and the 

 excitement of our susceptibility." "It is doubtful if a better treatment of the subject has 

 since been published," PEABODY JOURNAL. Index, ix + 275pp. 53/8 x 8. 



T238 Paperbound $1.00 



THE IDEA OF PROGRESS, J. B. Bury. Practically unknown before the Reformation, the idea of 

 progress has since become one of the central concepts of western civilization. Prof. Bury 

 analyzes its evolution in the thought of Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, to 

 its flowering in all branches of science, religion, philosophy, industry, art, and literature, 

 during and following the 16th century. Introduction by Charles Beard. Index, xl + 357pp. 

 5% X 8. T40 Paperbound $1.95 



HISTORY OF DOGMA, A. Harnack. Adolph Harnack, who died in 1930, was perhaps the greatest 

 Church historian of all time. In this epoch-making history, which has never been surpassed 

 in comprehensiveness and wealth of learning, he traces the development of the authoritative 

 Christian doctrinal system from its first crystallization in the 4th century down through the 

 Reformation, including also a brief survey of the later developments through the Infallibility 

 decree of 1870. He reveals the enormous influence of Greek thought on the early Fathers, 

 and discusses such topics as the Apologists, the great councils, Manichaeism, the historical 

 position of Augustine, the medieval opposition to indulgences, the rise of Protestantism, the 

 relations of Luther's doctrines with modern tendencies of thought, and much more. "Monu- 

 mental work; still the most valuable history of dogma . . . luminous analysis of the prob- 

 lems . . . abounds in suggestion and stimulus and can be neglected by no one who desires 

 to understand the history of thought in this most important field," Dutcher's Guide to Histori- 

 cal Literature. Translated by Neil Buchanan. Index. Unabridged reprint in 4 volumes. Vol 1: 

 Beginnings to the Gnostics and Marcion. Vol II & Mi: 2nd century to the 4th century Fathers. 

 Vol IV & V: 4th century Councils to the Carlovingian Renaissance. Vol VI & VII: Period of 

 Clugny (c. 1000) to the Reformation, and after. Total of cii 4- 2407pp. 53/8 x 8. 



T904 Vol I Paperbound $2.50 



T905 Vol II & III Paperbound $2.50 

 T906 Vol IV & V Paperbound $2.50 

 T907 Vol VI & VII Paperbound $2.50 

 The set $10.00 



THE GUIDE FOR THE PERPLEXED, Maimonides. One of the great philosophical works of all 

 time and a necessity for everyone interested in the philosophy of the Middle Ages in the 

 Jewish, Christian, and Moslem traditions. Maimonides develops a common meeting-point for the 

 Old Testament and the Aristotelian thought which pervaded the medieval world. His ideas and 

 methods predate such scholastics as Aquinas and Scotus and throw light on the entire 

 problem of philosophy or science vs. religion. 2nd revised edition. Complete unabridged 

 Friedlander translation. 55 page introduction to Maimonides's life, period, etc., with an 

 important summary of the GUIDE. Index, lix + 414pp. 5Va x 8. T351 Paperbound $1.85 



ASTROLOGY AND RELIGION AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS, Franz Cumont. How astrololgy 

 developed, spread, and took hold of superior intellects, from ancient Babylonia through 

 Rome of the fourth century A.D. You see astrology as the base of a learned theology, the 

 influence of the Neo-Pythagoreans, forms of oriental mysteries, the devotion of the emperors 

 to the sun cult (such as the Sol Invictus of Aurelian), and much more. The second part 

 deals with conceptions of the world as formed by astrology, the theology bound up with 

 them, and moral and eschatological ideas. Introduction. Index. 128pp. 53/8 x 8. 



T581 Paperbound $1.35 



AFTER LIFE IN ROMAN PAGANISM, Franz Cumont. Deepest thoughts, beliefs of epoch be- 

 tween republican period and fall of Roman paganism. Contemporary settings, hidden lore, 

 sources in Greek, Hebrew, Egyptian, prehistoric thought. Secret teachings of mystery 

 religions. Hermetic writings, the gnosis, Pythagoreans, Orphism; sacrifices, nether world, 

 immortality; Hades, problem of violent death, death of children; reincarnation, ecstacy, 

 purification; etc. Introduction. Index. 239pp. 53/8 x 8. T573 Paperbound $1.35 



History, Political Science, Americana 



THE POLITICAL THOUGHT OF PLATO AND ARISTOTLE, E. Barker. One of the clearest and most 

 accurate expositions of the corpus of Greek political thought. This standard source contains 

 exhaustive analyses of the "Republic" and other Platonic dialogues and Aristotle's "Politics" 

 and "Ethics," and discusses the origin of these ideas in Greece, contributions of other Greek 

 theorists, and modifications of Greek ideas by thinkers from Aquinas to Hegel. "Must" reading 

 for anyone interested in the history of Western thought. Index. Chronological Table of Events. 

 2 Appendixes, xxiv + 560pp. 53/8 x 8. T521 Paperbound $1.85 



