سیری در تاریخ فرهنگ و ادب یونان باستان

خواندن این شاهکار معلم ارجمند بانو همیلتون را به تمام علاقمندان و شیفتگان حقیقت که پرده تعصب بی جا چشمانشان را نپوشانده، توصیه میکنم.قسمتی از متن اصلی کتاب:
Before Greece the domain of the intellect belonged to the priests. They were the intellectual class of Egypt. Their power was tremendous. Kings were subject to it. Great men must have built up that mighty organization, great minds, keen intellects, but what they learned of old truth and what they discovered of new truth was valued as it increased the prestige of the organization. And since Truth is a jealous mistress and will reveal herself not a whit to any but a disinterested seeker, as the power of the priesthood grew and any idea that tended to weaken it met with a cold reception, the priests must fairly soon have become sorry intellectualists, guardians only of what seekers of old had found, never using their own minds with freedom.