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    The_Life_Of_GreeceWill_Durant

    The_Life_Of_Greece

    Will_Durant · 2005

    Philosophy
    Open Library
    Stats for nerds
    2recommend
    2mentions
    2people
    2021–2023years
    100% recommend

    Mentions per year

    202120222023

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    1. agomez314Jul 2023
      good recommendations and observations! I would also like to add Will Durant's Life of Greece - I found immensely entertaining as well as informative about all things Ancient Greece.
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    2. babeshJan 2021
      I encourage people to read "The Life of Greece" by Will Durant. It resonates with our times.

      They also had wealth inequality. Sometimes, it resulted in the poor and wealthy fighting. This fighting was often very brutal with each side putting the other to death. Once in awhile, an enlightened leader would come who would put into place a system for greater prosperity for all.

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