Gilbert Murray and the Failure of Nerve

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Gilbert Murray and the Failure of Nerve

Tuesday 02 January 2024 was the 158th anniversary of the birth of George Gilbert Aimé Murray (02 January 1866 – 20 May 1957), who was born on this date in Sydney, Australia, in 1866.

Murray’s “failure of nerve” thesis, formulated to explain the temper of late antiquity, has been influential in the interpretation of history much more widely than its original context, and is examined here in its wider application.

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