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The Republic: A History of the Republic
I hadn't read the Hellenica. I'm like, well, what are these 30? Like, what the hell's going on? What about Theramides? You know, and like, you've never caused him to 30, right? I should know the answer to that for I say that. All of these texts are interrelated. One of my thesis here is that the Republic sheds light on history, history sheds light on the Republic. So in the ancient, in ancient Athens, you had a contest for wisdom, poets were competing for wisdom,. politicians were competing, philosophers, right?