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Title: Decline of Culture and Knowledge
Review: There used to be a time when philologists had an intimate knowledge of world literature. For instance, if you read Erich Auerbach's classic "Mimesis" you enjoy the book of an grand old man of letters who like a souvereign displays his careful and passionate readings of the classics, and gives you thoughtful reasons why Homer could not survive. Compared to this grand old tradition Victor Hanson's book is thin-lipped and merely offers cheap polemics. One misses refinement and culture.
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