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Scholar Rossellini's grand study, in many ways, presents a history of the Western soul, opening with the Homeric epics and following all the way through history to the Florentine Renaissance and the Reformation. Though covering well-treaded ground, Rossellini is skilled in teasing out the metaphysical and cultural hinges that shaped the Western mind. For instance, the author explains how the Romans, after conquering the Greeks milit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More