The Role of Greco-christianity in Preserving Ancient Aristocratic Cultural Values
Nela Filimon|Mario Campaña
Historical evidence shows that Christianity survived Greco-Roman civilization to become its cultural heiress. In this paper, we focus on the social values assimilated and transmitted by Christianity, leaving aside institutional political dimensions of process. We are interested in system because, as determine peoples’ everyday lives, they transfer us directly domain morality. Thus, ancient moral legacy takes more importance than one (democracy). The quintessence archaic resides idea agathós (the superior man), an assumed Greek (Athenian) democracy inherited Rome before being incorporated into Christian doctrine passed onto bourgeoisie, who made it part culture modern democracies.
Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences