The Classics Aren't Classics, Right?

i think there's obviously a difference between wakening the imagination, on the one hand, and critical thinking, which is like pointing out basic fallacies. And i find this argument powerful because often i you see, itis n't classics, right? They say, well, why would you call this classic? It as just like western classics or mediterranean classics, or something like that. And he would be, well, because they're the classics relative to the moderns. And so the sort of roussoian roots of this question, hey, i don't think this is exactly the right direction we're going in with this.