#demosthenes — Public Fediverse posts
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Roman Statesman Cicero and His Complex Admiration for Greece
Applause mixed with skepticism Despite Cicero’s admiration for the Greeks and their culture, there is also skepticism regarding…
#Greece #GR #Europe #Europa #EU #Cicero #Demosthenes #Evergreen #greece #Polybius #RomanEmpire #Rome #Ελλάδα #νεα
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit, for what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
-- Demosthenes (50 BCE)⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Demosthenes #SelfDeceit
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Nothing is easier than self-deceit, for what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true.
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The founders of the #American Enlightenment did speak in memes.
Their memes referenced #Cato and #Demosthenes.
There is nothing stopping #HistoryMemes memes from doing the same now.
The revolution will be memeticized.
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Do the oligarchs basically view themselves as Phillip of Macedon, and their princelings as Alexanders the Great?
That might explain a lot of the Dominionist millenarianism eschatology.
Per Adlai Stevenson II:
“Do you remember that in classical times when Cicero had finished speaking, the people said, ‘How well he spoke,’ but when Demosthenes had finished speaking, they said, ‘Let us march!’”
We are all heirs of Demosthenes.