One example: Polybius on the depopulation of Greece in Hellenistic times http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0234%3Abook%3D37%3Achapter%3D9 …
"For this evil grew upon us rapidly, by our men becoming perverted to a passion for show and money and the pleasures of an idle life."
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"No need to ask the gods how to be relieved from such a curse: it is by the men themselves if possible changing their objects of ambition."
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And there you have it, ancient Greek historian spurning superstition about "providence". Today, in my city, people think God will deliver us
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@asteris Κάτι σα τη δεκαετία του '90 δλδ -
@arcandros ακριβώς. Αλλά πάντα διαβάζαμε μόνο την ιστορία που μας συνέφερε, εμείς οι Έλληνες.
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