/lit/ - Literature

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Great Dialogues of Plato, Sayings and Anecdotes of Diogenes of Sinope, The Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic, 'On Duty' by Cicero, The Essays of Montaigne.

The Dhammapada, The Upanishads, The Bhagavad Gita, The Lotus Sutra, The Heart Sutra, The Diamond Sutra.

I was watching a show on History channel called "Mankind: The Story of All of Us", and the episode was about the Age of Enlightenment. Throughout the episode I was waiting for them to cover the French Revolution. After they finished the American Revolution, they basically said: "After that, the idea of liberty started to spread around the world, starting revolutions in France and [some other countries]". And that was it. I literally laughed out loud. One of the key events of the era was referred to in a single word. The American Revolution, on the other hand, got good 20 minutes of air.

This made me curious. Do Americans consider their revolution as the more relevant in history? Do they consider the French one relevant at all? Does the rest of the world even care about the American?

Basically - which one was more important? Of course the American was important for, you know, creating America, the main superpower at this moment, but on the other hand, as far as social changes go, was it really that important?