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Interview: Dr. Eric Adler on Battle of the Classics | The New Thinkery Ep. 68

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Aristocracy of Character in Classical Literature in Democracies

Alex pri teaches at the university of a colorado boulder. He says that there's an aristocratic ethos to classical literature, and that this is especially useful to people who live in democracies. How do you red greg mc brayer's translations of xanophon? Well, i feel like that's a trick question. I'm just going to seems like it wa little waited, we're tilted in some particular way. Ano, it seems to me that alex pree was no social scientist. C on was to ask leading questions. Ike a, if yo want to get any kind of knowledge, i understand. You want to correct my pronunciation of sentiphant?, he asks

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