Project Gutenberg 2009-01-03 Public domain in the USA. 56 Rollin, Charles 1661 1741 Rollin, Carol Letronne, M. (Antoine-Jean) 1787 1848 Letronne, Antoine-Jean Oeuvres Completes de Rollin Tome 1 Histoire Ancienne Tome 1 Reading ease score: 69.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Oeuvres Completes de Rollin Tome 1" by Charles Rollin is a historical work written in the early 19th century. This volume appears to serve as a comprehensive edition of Rollin's historical writings, featuring critical observations and historical clarifications by M. Letronne, aimed at enhancing the understanding of Rollin's narrative. The text revisits ancient history, focusing on the pivotal events, figures, and cultures, thereby providing a reflective look at the development of civilization. The opening of the work introduces the necessity of a critical edition that rectifies past interpretations of Rollin's works, which have faced scrutiny for inaccuracies and superficial analysis. It highlights the author's awareness of the limitations in his accounts and acknowledges the criticisms that have arisen from scholars and contemporaries. The text emphasizes the importance of historical knowledge not merely for academic purposes but as a means to draw ethical lessons and reflect on moral virtues through the lens of past civilizations, paving the way for deeper engagement with the historical narrative that follows in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr History, Ancient D Text FR Histoire DE Prosa Browsing: History - Ancient Browsing: History - General 1132059 1127043 2024-10-12T05:08:59.892329 2023-09-12T08:39:39.479716 text/html text/html 1122981 2013-03-17T11:07:32 text/html; charset=utf-8 394819 2013-03-17T11:08:04 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 500455 2024-10-12T05:09:17.593189 application/epub+zip 518157 2024-10-12T05:09:04.668305 application/epub+zip 501657 2024-10-12T05:09:02.622280 application/epub+zip 921261 2024-10-12T05:09:26.415152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 874588 2024-10-12T05:09:15.812236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 842965 2022-09-13T04:21:52.726847 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 972380 2024-10-12T05:08:57.291786 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 973660 2009-01-03T09:55:48 text/plain; charset=utf-8 363678 2009-01-03T09:56:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 947568 2009-01-03T09:56:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 357627 2009-01-03T09:56:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 21760 2024-10-12T05:09:26.560177 application/rdf+xml 15352 2024-10-12T05:09:03.244258 image/jpeg 3705 2024-10-12T05:09:02.931252 image/jpeg 472576 2024-10-12T05:08:59.982294 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia