/lit/ - Literature

>>20779930
wanna bet

>>20666916
Also, it appears that Yuval mistakenly forgot the millions of years of Hellenic history in his "Brief History of Humankind." Oops! haha

>As we do for old wives telling their tales, I allow you to speak at such length as you desire and will say, ‘Very good!’ and will not assent and desist.

>>20300247
>insulting socrates

WHAT DID YOU DO WITH ATLANTIS, BRITISH ROBBER

>>20196613
BRITISH ROBBER WHERE IS ATLANTIS

>>20181577
nobody asked you british robber

>>20180150
british robber be silent

>>20173564
no it's EXACTLY how communism turns out, every time

>>20169457
evil alien hybrids

>>20167989
HUMANS ARE NOT ANIMALS BRITISH ROBBER THEY WERE SCULPTED IN JOVE'S IMAGE

Opinion on Plato's "The Republic"?

When did you realize that nothing written before or after the Greeks is worth reading?

I love the Greeks so much bros.

>>19163654
Honestly this. As you read you develop a familiarity with the texts and the more texts you read the more familiar you become with the style and meaning of the author. The translator/publisher usually provide usefull information as well.

You don´t read it as a novel or a textbook but as a dialogue. Think of it as an extended conversation in a movie or book between characters. The synthesis of drama and debate.

As to how I approach philosophy in general:
>Do some research
>Start reading
>If something bothers me I ignore it, usually gets explained later on
>accept everything and embrace the ideas
>finnish reading
>accept and develop/explore the idea
>possibly research
>Now that I´m sure of my understanding regarding the subject matter I begin to look for critisisms and/or look up previous things that bothered me
>mindprofit

>>18904014
Aristophanes is the king.

>Brekekekèx-koàx-koáx!

>>18831230
>tl;dr miracles at the most proves polytheism
Holy fuck Spinoza was such a chad.

Monotheists once again btfo

>>18513940
I used speech-to-text

>>18386928
Around the age of 12 is fairly normal. Archaic people did not have taboos around this. As soon as a woman menstruated she could begin producing children. Personally, I think it's gross, but this was universal custom from Europe, to Africa, to Asia all through the antique world. Particularly if the male suitor was very wealthy, fathers would try to lock in those marriages as quickly as possible because it meant political influence & power.

Boomer midwits have no comprehensive basis for understanding this epoch of history. The mindset and moral compass was completely different than it is today.

>>18364727
I don't understand what you mean by "hogwash set up". I'm telling a particular story, and each verse has to lead into the next in order for the story to be chronological and linear. I am constrained by these parameters because of the story I am telling.

If you think my vocabulary is too limited that's fine. If you think that a different format would suit the story better I'm open to suggestion. I take your critique to be ill formulated so I'll wait until you can properly articulate your thoughts and provide textual examples and comparisons before I start taking your opinion seriously.

>>18347575
Really no literature about it, just brief anecdotes. Read up on the Bronze Age Collapse if you're interested. Very likely that whatever caused the Bronze Age Collapsed triggered the Greek Dark Ages as well.

>>18347602
Right, more accurate to say composing. It was recited before it was written down.

>"without gods, without oracles, a philosopher has no place." - Damascius
Don't forget about the gods. Without polytheism there is no Platonism. Simple as.

Republic-mandated Lovers for noble souls (i.e. philosophers).

Saw an image yesterday posted by an anon listing what to read by the romans, is there a similar list for the Greeks.

>>17978737
Based