"We would have to judge Athens by what its citizens most valued at the time: piety, courage, military prowess, willingness to sacrifice for the polis." This interesects weirdly with the slapfight the other day about whether students should be allowed to *like* ancient cultures.
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I was drawn to foreign and ancient cultures precisely bc they have different value systems implemented in a live community - broadens one's perspective. Who cares if dead men did bad deeds when what the bad deeds have done is dead?
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