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-- School of Political Philosophy continued in Athens from the Time of Solon. -- Anaxagoras. -- Archelaus. -- Philosophy not a thing apart from the ordinary Life of the Athenians.
I. Before we pass to the administration of Pericles -- a period so brilliant in the history not more of Athens than of art -- it may not be unseasonable to take a brief survey of the progress which the Athenians had already made in civilization and power (B. C. 449).