Born in 1891 in Providence, Rhode Island, George Boas taught for many years at Johns Hopkins and was editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas from 1945 until his death in 1980. He authored 24 books, including The Major Traditions of English Philosophy, The Greek Tradition: A Symposium, Rationalism in Greek Philosophy, The Limits of Reason, and The History of Ideas: An Introduction.

[Boas's] discussion of the way in which the Fathers used and modified ancient ideas about the original condition of man or the Golden Age gives a new illustration of the interaction of Christian and classical thought. Translations of key passages, often of little-known works, are especially valuable in this respect. American Historical Review One wonders... whether these essays are not more comprehensive-at least in presentation of significant ideas, if not in citation of deservedly obscure writers who may have used them-than Boas' modest and melancholy preface would suggest. Classical Journal

Born in 1891 in Providence, Rhode Island, George Boas taught for many years at Johns Hopkins and was editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas from 1945 until his death in 1980. He authored 24 books, including The Major Traditions of English Philosophy, The Greek Tradition: A Symposium, Rationalism in Greek Philosophy, The Limits of Reason, and The History of Ideas: An Introduction.

[Boas's] discussion of the way in which the Fathers used and modified ancient ideas about the original condition of man or the Golden Age gives a new illustration of the interaction of Christian and classical thought. Translations of key passages, often of little-known works, are especially valuable in this respect. American Historical Review One wonders... whether these essays are not more comprehensive-at least in presentation of significant ideas, if not in citation of deservedly obscure writers who may have used them-than Boas' modest and melancholy preface would suggest. Classical Journal

Born in 1891 in Providence, Rhode Island, George Boas taught for many years at Johns Hopkins and was editor of the Journal of the History of Ideas from 1945 until his death in 1980. He authored 24 books, including The Major Traditions of English Philosophy, The Greek Tradition: A Symposium, Rationalism in Greek Philosophy, The Limits of Reason, and The History of Ideas: An Introduction.

[Boas's] discussion of the way in which the Fathers used and modified ancient ideas about the original condition of man or the Golden Age gives a new illustration of the interaction of Christian and classical thought. Translations of key passages, often of little-known works, are especially valuable in this respect. American Historical Review One wonders... whether these essays are not more comprehensive-at least in presentation of significant ideas, if not in citation of deservedly obscure writers who may have used them-than Boas' modest and melancholy preface would suggest. Classical Journal