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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve OP 28 Oct \ parent \ on: Dewey is Hitler, 1948 Politics_And_Law
The founding fathers were deeply influenced by the Roman Republic and its values, in addition to those put forth by the Classical Greeks. One only has to read Polybius or Aristotle to see their influence in the Federalist Papers. To understand ancient Rome and Greece is to understand the education and influence of not only the founding fathers, but all of Western Civilization for the past two thousand years. For better or worse, the writings of the ancient poets, politicians, generals, and philosophers have shaped from age to age the world we now live in.
The Greeks and Romans were the very basis of Western Civ. Their thinking had a huge influence on what we have now.
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