Greek Memory on Older Civilizations - Page 2 - Historum

heikstheo · June 17th, 2007, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikd

^^Have you read Plato?

I read Plato's Republic in English translation 25 years ago for an undergraduate Ancient Political Theory class.

Nikd · June 17th, 2007, 11:22 PM

Still excite me some things, unfortunately for us, this humans could see better 2500 years before than many politicians and people today.

heikstheo · July 3rd, 2007, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by heikstheo

I wish I could remember in which of Plato's works an Egyptian priest tells a Greek, "You Greeks are eternal children, for you have no knowledge which is hoar with time."

Found it. It was the Timaeus.