Ep. 110: The Cave
Young Heretics
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I'm in the Army of the Achaeans
In homer's iliad, it seems to me like there is this funny distinction between people who are able to use reason and people wo just follow their appetites and their instincts. But listen to the way that that is described in one of the most infamous passages. This is from two there has been a a false alarm raised to test the achaean army. Agamemnon says, we're all going home. And he expects them to say, no, no, we want to stay and fightbeas they'll prove their metal. But in fact, they say, oh, great. We're all goinghome. Let's go home. It would be foolish to
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