(Link) “The Classics and Their Relevance Today”, Ricardo B. Salinas

History is fascinating, but The Classical World by Robin Lane Fox is particularly noteworthy. The book describes a thousand years of human development, from the 8th century BC with Homer to the dawn of the Christian era with Emperor Hadrian.

The classical world marked universal thinking. Many modern ideas that contemporary authors presume to be their own actually have roots in classical authors from past millennia.

For example, the concept of The Element, developed by Ken Robinson, was set forth by Aristotle and called eudaimonia. One of the authors I have mentioned in this blog, my friend Nassim Taleb, frequently cites and exalts the classical authors in his books and reminds us of the current validity of their ideas.

Human evolution is unquestionably admirable. However, the transition to a civilized society has not been linear. In many cases, major advances are followed by sharp setbacks. This is very evident in Latin America.

We can credit classical Greece for its invaluable contributions to humanity. After seeing governments led by aristocrats and tyrants in the sixth century BC, Cleisthenes proposed that sovereign power correspond to a broad group of citizens, marking the introduction of democracy as a form of government.

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