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19123298 No.19123298 [Reply] [Original]

So I stared with the Greeks.."Reading Brief History of Ancient Greece" and the irony of it is hilarious.

>Daily life for women was ideally indoors and for men outdoors. Men who
stayed indoors were suspected of being effeminate and antisocial, and women
who ventured outdoors were likely to have their chastity questioned.

>> No.19123310

What's ironic?

>> No.19123318

>>19123310
That /lit/ is suggesting the Greeks when they live a completely different way of life.

>> No.19123340

>>19123318
I think it's less about the way of life than it's about the influence their work had on todays western society?

>> No.19123346

>>19123318
Suggesting that you should start with the Greek classics is not the same as suggesting that you should live like them. You should start with them because their literature is the foundation of western literature.

>> No.19123353

>>19123298

And they were completely right.

>> No.19123354

>>19123318
contemplative live without manual labor was still highest valued, as one can see with banausoi.

>> No.19123358

>>19123340
But the very philosophers that shaped "today's western society" would have a negative view on the modern intellectual that sits in his room and reads books all day. It was not a desirable feature.

>> No.19123364

>>19123318
What kind of retard logic is that? Should you only read those who live the EXACT same lifestyle you do?

>> No.19123368
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19123368

Thanks OP

>> No.19123370

>>19123364
Read >>19123358

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19123384

maybe finish this book and read 9 others before you spread your half-educated diarrhea here.

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>>19123298

>> No.19123411

>>19123358
Yeah, because 100% of the writers conformed absolutely to the common ways of thinking.

>> No.19123420

>>19123358
Those who are making mistakes are the ones that need to be corrected.

>> No.19123429

>>19123298
I read this book for a college course, but don't remember any of it. Is it good?

>> No.19123441

>>19123429
two objects collided with a hollow sound, so at least one of them is empty