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>The fact that contemporary "common wisdom" in many ways departs from ancient "common wisdom" should be antidote enough to this retardation
It's not antidote to anything, it's evidence that we've fucked up royally thinking in our generational hubris that there's anything new under the sun. And not wanting to leave life "unexamined" does not mean we can't build off of the examination already painstakingly carried out - at a very bloody cost mind you - by the trillions of humans who came before us for the very purpose of our not having to relearn those basic lessons.