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W. W. Norton: Do the Classics Have a Future? 

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…take, for example, the common statement “The ancient Athenians invented democracy.” Put like that, it is simply not true. As far as we know, no ancient Greek ever said so; and anyway democracy isn’t something that is “invented” like a piston engine. Our word “democracy” derives from the Greek,…

for JBJ.

Source: nybooks.com

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