La ciencia y la idea de progreso en América Latina, 1860-1930

Este libro propone una revisión de la historia de Occidente. Su objetivo es rastrear las improntas del pasado que son todavía reconocibles en nuestro presente y descifrar las huellas todavía perceptibles de los lugares esenciales, los personajes célebres, los eventos trascendentales y las tendencias intelectuales que Occidente reconoce como propias; lo que hoy llamaríamos su ADN. Se trata de un recorrido por algunas ricas metrópolis de la Antigüedad como Jerusalén, Atenas, Roma, Antioquía, Alejandría y Constantinopla; la prodigiosa expansión del cristianismo; la dolorosa escisión...

Excerpt from Cronica Catalana de Ramon Muntaner: Texto Original y Traduccion Castellana, Acompanada de Numerosas Notas Aun cuando la potencia conocida por Corona de Aragon llevaba el titulo de una antigua soberania o reino, en cuyo territorio se hablaba el castellano, y habia estado unido, en otro tiempo, con la monarquia de Castilla; cn todo, la tal Crona debia llamarse asi por haberse constituido con la unin de aquel antiguo reino y el condad de Barcelona; de modo que la potencia federativa formada por un condado y un reino no podia tomar el primero de ests titulos sin rebajar el segundo ni ...

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