03-19-2018, 08:28 AM
We can always learn from antiquity. For good reason the best-educated people have looked to the ancients for clear-headed explanations of human nature. Human nature does not really change. We still recognize the beauty of ancient Greek art, and it is safe to assume that two millennia from now, should human civilization not be obliterated, people will still love the music of J S Bach and W A Mozart. On the other side, we recognize that the awfulness of three horrid emperors (Caligula, Nero, and Commodus), excellent at diverting the masses but failures on every moral issue.
As said the philosopher Heraclitus, ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων -- character is destiny. So did John McCain; it must be that obvious. We keep re-inventing the wheel because we must learn things the hard way when we make horrible decisions.
As said the philosopher Heraclitus, ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων -- character is destiny. So did John McCain; it must be that obvious. We keep re-inventing the wheel because we must learn things the hard way when we make horrible decisions.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.