Utopian Communities of the Ancient World : Idealistic Experiments of Pythagoras, the Essenes, Pachomius and Proclus.

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Author / Creator:Schmidt, Brent James.
Imprint:Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (237 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11168629
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ISBN:9780773422018
0773422013
9780773437364
0773437363
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This is the first comparative study of lived Utopian communities in antiquity. The examined communities provide examples of somewhat successful utopian experiments that belie the twentieth century notion that the application of utopian ideals must always lead to dystopia or not work at all.
Other form:Print version: 9780773437364

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