ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
ΤΗΕ CONCEPT OF HISTORY ACCORDING ΤΟ HESIOD AND AESCHYLUS
- The hesiodian description of the deceptions of Zeus by Prometheus : their correspondence to great events at the beginning of History .
- The hesiodian myth of Pandora, and the origin of the evil in the human life.
- Two interpretations of the substance of the evil derived from Pandora .
- Mention by Aeschylus of three, against the will of Zeus, salutary for the mankind acts of Prometheus: the corresponding stages ίη the evolution of the world until the genesis of History, and the antinomy of Spirit and Life.
- The transformation of the pre-human beings to human beings and the creation of the civilization, as achievements of the aeschylian Prometheus : the contribution of the Spirit to the existence of man and to the consistence of civilization.Notes
CHAPTER 2
DEMOCRITUS ‘ CONCEPT OF HISTORY
Democritus and his work
1.The life and mentality of primitive mankind.
2.«Common interest» as a factor in the defense against wild animals and the formation of the first society.
3.The lack of an Economy in the life of primitive mankind.
4.The beginning of an Economy without the use of Fire.
5.The discovery of Fire and the gradual creation of Civilization.
6.The birth of Language and its differentiation into «dialects».
7.The conditions for the creation of Civilization.