"The "Hellenes" astonished us because, although open to the spiritual disturbances of their age, they appealed to ancient methods to find a solution to the anxieties of the present. Their placid faith in a tradition stemming from Plato and constantly evolving was perhaps the most reassuring aspect of late antique civilization. In fact, many classical and enlightened societies had collapsed under the weight of their own traditionalism, leaving their immediate successors only with a memory of anxieties and nightmares. If this did not happen in the Roman Empire, it is largely due to the "Hellenic Renaissance" and the dialogue between its proponents and the new Christian aristocratic intellectuals. (Peter Brown)"
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