Showing posts with label Ancient Greece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ancient Greece. Show all posts

Thursday, March 26, 2009

On...The Athenian Mob (According to VDH)


"Only the Educated are Free"

Since I've been teaching the finer points of Ancient Greece the last two weeks, albeit in a brief high school unit, this article from Greek expert Victor Davis Hanson struck a chord. We are currently seeing the more churlish side of democracy and mobocracy. I've included a couple of my favorite Greek quotes.

See article HERE

"The fool believes he is wise and the wise man knows he is a fool."