Unregistered 200: Michael Michailidis
Unregistered with Thaddeus Russell
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Xenophon Talks About the Spartans
Cind hof quoted to yourself, like you were at schoolif the teacher were to ask you what is this xenophon saying about the spartans? In summary, one page neve. And then read strauss's analysis, which is found on life, on that very text. For me, it was a revealing experience, because he showed me that xenophon was trying to say exactly the opposite of what i was thinking in a relatively simple text. You know, xenophon talked, it's a simple text. It's not a deep philosopher. It doesn't seem to be idee philosophical text. But if you follow through the sentence word by word, yes, it feels
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