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Hermocrates's avatar

Why not just read critically instead of discarding great works? For example, in Herodotus or Thucydides you can extract that the Greeks were a group of petty, vain, and prone to self-interest resulting in their near destruction. In the other hand you can critically infer that the Persian Kings were lording over a diverse, tolerant, empire who thought and generally acted in a much more recognizable manner to us in the west today they were when dealing with troublesome Ionians.

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Ernst Younger's avatar

Lol all eras are defined by their lies .. is max pessimo. How about all eras are defined by their truths?

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