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It isn't just greek/roman writers. We seem to desperately want to think any writer in the past was more serious than I think we can really justify. It gets do
by taeric 2y ago
It isn't just greek/roman writers. We seem to desperately want to think any writer in the past was more serious than I think we can really justify. It gets downright silly when we find artifacts and assume they must have been holy priceless things.
Not that that can't be correct sometimes. Would be interesting to see that quantified.
- watwut 2y agoHistorians don't do that much tho. That was one thing I realized when I started to read more serious historians. It is mostly popular "bro that was cool" history that does that ... and history written for concrete political purpose of inspiring the public to something.
- taeric 2y agoI suspected it is largely history as taught to elementary school kids. Which, seems to be all anyone really every indexes on. Consider, "are you smarter than a 5th grader?" was a popular show.