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Article: Ancients and Moderns
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- Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
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ANCIENTS AND MODERNS
ANCIENTS AND MODERNS.
The quarrel between the ancients and moderns is a recurrent theme in the history of ideas. It was already being argued in the later days of the Roman Empire as an increasing nostalgia for the past developed. The dialogue on oratory attributed to Tacitus is a good example of this burgeoning contest. During the Middle Ages it took a different turn as much of the classical world became obscure, although a keen rivalry developed in Scholasticism between the self-styled
antiqui
and
moderni,
neither of whom was in fact very ancient. It was only with the Renaissance and the deliberate recovery of classical antiquity that the quarrel grew to a head. ...
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