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Originally Posted by Harmon
(Truth in jest, & all that.)
The sum of human experience, no, but Greek literature is foundational for Western thought, with the exception of God, which was covered by the Hebrews.
So my point is that unless you start with the Greeks, you will have no context for what you read in the Classics. But I should have included the Bible. I will go back & amend my submission on that point.
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Sure, agreed. But -- as you pointed out -- it's very Western thought. And most of it is fairly well directed at the people on top of the pile, as it were.
If the point of reading "classics" is to broaden one's horizons, seems like it would be better reading from the POV of the disadvantaged in societies...
