According to Ancient Greeks, You're Not Free
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Professor Hunter Rawlings III explains that ancient Greeks had a very different concept of freedom, which they perceived as an obligation, while the American tradition defines freedom as individual rights.
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Hunter Rawlings, President Emeritus of Cornell University, explores the origins of the American idea of freedom. He explains that it arose from two conflicting schools of thought: the ancient Greek strand, which valued communal society over the individual, and the Enlightenment, which prioritized individual freedom.
He discusses how these ideas influenced the founding of America and how they continue to shape modern American society. - Chautauqua Institution
Hunter Ripley Rawlings III (born 1945) is an American classics scholar and academic administrator.
He is best known for serving as the 10th president of Cornell University from 1995 until 2003. Currently, he serves a professor of classical history in Cornell's Department of History and Department of Classics.
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@ebay4dave Note: men have always gathered the goods and brought them home for the women to create nourishment.
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Note : In ancient sparta the women owned and controlled the land , as well as many other freedoms unheard of in the ancient world . The men got to fight to defend it.
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This is very typical of modern age America. This is also racism. Women's rights varied in Ancient Greece. also, voting did not exist in the Ancient days. Slavery did happen but Slaves were treated well. They were considered a family member and fed, they even had their own rooms. The Gods were known as real back then as well. So yes, someone slandering a God would be taken quite seriously. This man stands on a mountain of hypocrisy and lies.
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Im and idiot1!! fu politics
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Those days of sophisticated harmony and perfection, people wouldn't try to fool anyone else and above all themselves. Yeah, Ancient Greeks showed the way to the ultimate virtue but for us it was extremely hard to bear.
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really LOL!! youre an Idiot !
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@ZeusTelemaxos Actually its German.
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The word "Idiot" is a Greek word and it means , a person who refuses to take part or discuss political affairs.
ZeusTelemaxos 1 year ago 29
Democracy of Athens was full of high principles. Modern democracy has a certain lack in all those principles.
waghlerism 1 month ago 3