/lit/ - Literature

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To add to what this anon said, religion is a very important factor. The greeks had the perfect balance of a religious that was anthropocentric but also not dogmatic. All post 18th century philosophy is poisoned by nihilism and atheism, so it ultimately revolves around society and social issues and language, as it deems metaphysical issue moot. All pre-Greek literature was a mythological deified fear of nature itself. And Christianity/Islam was dogmatic, i.e. purported to know all the answers.
In short ancient Greece was perhaps the only period in history where you had the ideal combination of healthy skepticism mixed with spirituality/religion. A belief in gods, but the idea that the actions of gods could be understand using reason and logic.
Now all we have is pic related.