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Greek democracy had problems, but I wonder how much of our picture of them derives from source bias. Thucydides, Aristotle, Plato, Xenophon: none a fan of democ
by abecedarius 11y ago
Greek democracy had problems, but I wonder how much of our picture of them derives from source bias. Thucydides, Aristotle, Plato, Xenophon: none a fan of democracy (and Plato to me seems actively dishonest). Writings in its favor would face obviously greater trouble making it to us through Roman and medieval times -- and most of what was written did not make it, on any topic. What do we still have from democrats of the time? I'd like to know.
(Am not a historian.)
- peterclary 11y agoIANAH(istorian) The above was what I remembered from my Classical Civilisations lessons back in Secondary School (some 25 years ago). I'm very good at remembering stories but not so good at remembering dates, which meant that my prowess in Modern World History and Classical Civilisations was a bit...mixed.