tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post8947037874654772618..comments2024-03-27T22:38:23.715+01:00Comments on Sparta Reconsidered: Ancient vs. Modern Perspectives on SpartaHelena P. Schraderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06535398166485310212noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-84590330072682522022014-11-11T00:55:42.546+01:002014-11-11T00:55:42.546+01:00It's rather funny how most are English or Amer...It's rather funny how most are English or American, two peoples with a society geared towards making money and living "comfortably". I don't even think the Athenians would look to favorably at English or American societies.<br /><br />Note: I don't mean to say that all Americans or English people are like this.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12520374176260816866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-53716764462791898782014-09-28T16:11:35.630+02:002014-09-28T16:11:35.630+02:00Ohh, it gets much worse.
I had a window of oppor...Ohh, it gets much worse. <br /><br />I had a window of opportunity to visit a college library this past Friday, which is quite well stocked, 30 miles away.<br /><br />While researching articles and a book, I perused the shelves. I stumbled upon Clifford A. Bates, Ph.D., <i> Aristotle's "Best Regime"</i> from Louisiana State University Press.<br /><br />Do you know WHAT IS NOT W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-69028661184766269102014-09-25T22:15:38.190+02:002014-09-25T22:15:38.190+02:00Another professor, an Edith Hall, who works at Kin...Another professor, an Edith Hall, who works at King's College, London, "a premier classicist", just published a book <i>Introducing Ancient Greece</i>. I checked it out. <br /><br />In it the Spartans are "brutal", and talks of Sparta as a "Gerontacracy" while Socrates, in the Athenian section, was for democracy.<br /><br />I really do think that all British W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-21591814230640904112014-09-14T14:28:10.299+02:002014-09-14T14:28:10.299+02:00It surely is an uphill battle. Peter Adamson is a ...It surely is an uphill battle. Peter Adamson is a professor of philosophy at King's College, London and in Germany. He runs a very influential blog called "History of Philosophy without any gaps". On the website he made podcasts dealing with all classical, late antiquity and Islamic philosophers and hopes to cover the whole scope. <br /><br />When he was done with the Classical W.LindsayWheelerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236577164127792348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1372514135668446210.post-27061550612518616142014-09-01T12:10:13.839+02:002014-09-01T12:10:13.839+02:00MY SAGE ANCESTORS WRITTINGS AND WORDS ABOUT SPARTA...MY SAGE ANCESTORS WRITTINGS AND WORDS ABOUT SPARTA COVER ALL THE POINTS OF ANCIENT SPARTAN CULTURE AND LIVING! ALL THE OTHER TRYIN TO DECREASE THE GLORIUS ANCIENT SPARTA SEEM NOTHIN BUT ROTTEN LEAVES CARRIED BY THE WIND!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com