La Cité Antique

In this classic study the author turns a careful eye to the foundations of Greek and Roman life, tracing how worship, law and public office shaped the ancient city‑state. By laying out the rules that governed everything from the patrician‑plebeian divide to the peculiarities of private law, he shows a world whose institutions were built on beliefs that feel alien to us today.

Rather than judging the past through modern lenses, the work invites listeners to step back and examine these societies as wholly foreign cultures. It argues that many of our assumptions about “freedom” and “justice” stem from a misreading of antiquity, and that true insight comes from stripping away contemporary preconceptions.

The book also explores why the human mind has changed over centuries, suggesting that shifts in intelligence drive the evolution of institutions. For anyone curious about the deep roots of Western civilization, this exploration offers a thoughtful, richly detailed portrait of a world both familiar and strikingly different.