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Reply To: | The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky |
Date: | Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:04:57 -0800 |
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Jonathan Julius Dobkin wrote:
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>Huh?! Rome, maybe, but as anyone who knows anything about Athenian
>history could tell you, the exact opposite is true of ancient Athens.
>It was at the height of power, commanding an alliance (read: empire)
>far richer and more powerful than any before in Greek history, when it
>went to war with the second-greatest Greek alliance, headed by Sparta.
>It took a quarter century of the most devastating war Greece had ever
>seen before Sparta won in 404 BCE, putting an end for all time to
>Athens' power. Hardly a case where "very little outside force" was
>needed to topple it!
Point taken, I apologise for the excessive generalisation. Its always
getting me into trouble.
Bill Bartlett
Bracknell tas
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