# Greek View of Life

An audiobook by Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, read by LibriVox volunteers (10 h 56 min, English).

“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the truth of all existence.” This elegantly-written work provides a splendid introduction to the Greeks of the classic period: how they thought, wrote, and organised their lives and loves. Although it dates from the 1890s, there is very little about it that has dated. To its author’s credit, the subject of “Greek love” is dealt with in a sane and factual context - despite the judicial assassination of Oscar Wilde going on in the background. A Cambridge don much admired by his students (including E. M. Forster), Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson belonged to the Apostles, a secret society with a strong ethic of male friendship. Alfred Tennyson and his beloved Arthur Hallam were early members. Dickinson is chiefly remembered as a historian and pacifist who played a significant part in the founding of the League of Nations. Inevitably, given his interests and intellectual background, he became a close associate of the Bloomsbury Group. The Greek View of Life is no dry academic tome. It is a popularizing work in the best sense: accessibly written and…

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## Chapters

1. 01 - Chapter I: The Greek View of Religion. Section 1 - Introductory (4:33): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_01_dickinson_64kb.mp3
2. 02 - I.2 Greek Religion an Interpretation of Nature (15:42): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_02_dickinson_64kb.mp3
3. 03 - I.3 Greek Religion an Interpretation of the Human Passions (4:11): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_03_dickinson_64kb.mp3
4. 04 - I.4 Greek Religion the Foundation of Society (8:32): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_04_dickinson_64kb.mp3
5. 05 - I.5 Religious Festivals (14:59): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_05_dickinson_64kb.mp3
6. 06 - I.6 The Greek Conception of the Relation of Man to the Gods (7:45): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_06_dickinson_64kb.mp3
7. 07 - I.7 Divination, Omens, Oracles (7:04): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_07_dickinson_64kb.mp3
8. 08 - I.8 Sacrifice and Atonement (7:51): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_08_dickinson_64kb.mp3
9. 09 - I.9 Guilt and Punishment (9:26): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_09_dickinson_64kb.mp3
10. 10 - I.10 Mysticism (13:00): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_10_dickinson_64kb.mp3
11. 11 - I.11 The Greek View of Death and a Future Life (19:37): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_11_dickinson_64kb.mp3
12. 12 - I.12 Critical and Sceptical Opinion in Greece (13:22): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_12_dickinson_64kb.mp3
13. 13 - I.13 Ethical Criticism (13:12): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_13_dickinson_64kb.mp3
14. 14 - I.14 Transition to Monotheism (8:45): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_14_dickinson_64kb.mp3
15. 15 - I.15 Metaphysical Criticism (15:03): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_15_dickinson_64kb.mp3
16. 16 - I.16 Metaphysical Reconstruction - Plato (9:50): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_16_dickinson_64kb.mp3
17. 17 - I.17 Summary (10:28): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_17_dickinson_64kb.mp3
18. 18 - Chapter II: The Greek View of the State. Section 1 - The Greek State a 'City' (4:26): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_18_dickinson_64kb.mp3
19. 19 - II.2 The Relation of the State to the Citizen (9:26): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_19_dickinson_64kb.mp3
20. 20 - II.3 The Greek View of Law (5:24): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_20_dickinson_64kb.mp3
21. 21 - II.4 Artisans and Slaves (16:08): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_21_dickinson_64kb.mp3
22. 22 - II.5 The Greek State Primarily Military, not Industrial (8:24): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_22_dickinson_64kb.mp3
23. 23 - II.6 Forms of Government in the Greek State (4:37): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_23_dickinson_64kb.mp3
24. 24 - II.7 Faction and Anarchy (13:52): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_24_dickinson_64kb.mp3
25. 25 - II.8 Property and the Communistic Ideal (22:39): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_25_dickinson_64kb.mp3
26. 26 - II.9 Sparta (21:28): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_26_dickinson_64kb.mp3
27. 27 - II.10 Athens (37:43): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_27_dickinson_64kb.mp3
28. 28 - II.11 Sceptical Criticism of the Basis of the State (14:41): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_28_dickinson_64kb.mp3
29. 29 - II.12 Summary (10:19): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_29_dickinson_64kb.mp3
30. 30 - Chapter III: The Greek View of the Individual. Section 1 - The Greek View of Manual Labour and Trade (5:17): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_30_dickinson_64kb.mp3
31. 31 - III.2 Appreciation of External Goods (6:17): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_31_dickinson_64kb.mp3
32. 32 - III.3 Appreciation of Physical Qualities (4:36): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_32_dickinson_64kb.mp3
33. 33 - III.4 Greek Athletics (8:16): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_33_dickinson_64kb.mp3
34. 34 - III.5 Greek Ethics - Identification of the Aesthetic and Ethical Points of View (21:50): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_34_dickinson_64kb.mp3
35. 35 - III.6 The Greek View of Pleasure (6:25): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_35_dickinson_64kb.mp3
36. 36 - III.7 Illustrations - Ischomachus; Socrates (26:46): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_36_dickinson_64kb.mp3
37. 37 - III.8 The Greek View of Woman (27:04): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_37_dickinson_64kb.mp3
38. 38 - III.9 Protests against the Common View of Woman (8:26): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_38_dickinson_64kb.mp3
39. 39 - III.10a Friendship (1) (14:07): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_39_dickinson_64kb.mp3
40. 40 - III.10b Friendship (2) (15:11): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_40_dickinson_64kb.mp3
41. 41 - III.10c Friendship (3) (16:50): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_41_dickinson_64kb.mp3
42. 42 - III.11 Summary (8:55): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_42_dickinson_64kb.mp3
43. 43 - Chapter IV: The Greek View of Art. Section 1 - Greek Art an Expression of National Life (9:14): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_43_dickinson_64kb.mp3
44. 44 - IV.2 Identification of the Aesthetic and Ethical Points of View (11:35): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_44_dickinson_64kb.mp3
45. 45 - IV.3 Sculpture and Painting (12:44): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_45_dickinson_64kb.mp3
46. 46 - IV.4 Music and the Dance (19:59): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_46_dickinson_64kb.mp3
47. 47 - IV.5 Poetry (9:26): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_47_dickinson_64kb.mp3
48. 48 - IV.6a Tragedy (1) (18:11): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_48_dickinson_64kb.mp3
49. 49 - IV.6b Tragedy (2) (23:31): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_49_dickinson_64kb.mp3
50. 50 - IV.7 Comedy (6:21): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_50_dickinson_64kb.mp3
51. 51 - IV.8 Summary (3:01): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_51_dickinson_64kb.mp3
52. 52 - Chapter V: Conclusion (19:24): https://archive.org/download/greek_view_life_mg_librivox/greekviewoflife_52_dickinson_64kb.mp3