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5Walter Burkert, "Impact and limits of the idea of Progress in Antiquity," Arnold Burgen, Peter McLanghlin, Juergen Mittelstrass, ed. , The Idea of Progress. p. 19 - 46.
6Theologisches Woerterbuch zum Neuen Testament VI, Sttutgart, 1959, S. 703 -719.
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8Waiter Burkert, Walter Burkert, "Impact and Limits of the Idea of Progress in Antiquity," Arnold Burgen, Peter McLaughlin, Juergen Mittelstrass, ed. , The Idea of Progress. p. 19 -46.
9Cf. Th. E Mommsen, "St. Augustine and the Christian Idea of Progress," Journal of the History ofldea 12 (1952) : 346ff.