Lucian, Vol. 3 of 8

Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lucian, Vol. 3 of 8: With an English Translation by A. M. Harmon of Yale University This is Lucian's reply to the storm of angry protest which he had evoked from the schoolmen with his Philosophies for Sale (ii. 450 wherein, to their mind, he had unwarrant ably and outrageously ridiculed the ancient philosophers and their doctrines. The scene is in Athens. The dead who have come to life are the ancient philosophers, bent upon wreaking vengeance on Frankness, which is Lucian's alias here. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.