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Greek Intellectual Life under the Roman Empire - Antigone
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What Did the Ancient Greeks Contribute to Modern Civilization? A Lot, It Turns Out. - Tales of Times Forgotten
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| | Most people are aware that the ancient Greeks made a lot of significant contributions to modern civilization, but not everyone knows exactly what they contributed. I cannot possibly hope to list all of the ancient Greek contributions to civilization here, since I could write a whole book on the subject and still not cover everything. ... Continue reading "What Did the Ancient Greeks Contribute to Modern Civilization? A Lot, It Turns Out."
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Why It's Called the "Dark Ages" - ideonexus
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| | [AI summary] The post argues that the period known as the 'Dark Ages' was actually a scientific and cultural void caused by the suppression of knowledge by Christianity and Islam, presenting a timeline of scientific discoveries to highlight the gap in Western progress between 100 AD and 1300 AD.
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What Did Ancient Greek Music Sound Like? - Tales of Times Forgotten
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| | Nearly everyone loves music and the ancient Greeks loved music as much as anyone. Many of the poems that have survived to us from ancient Greece are actually song lyrics that were originally meant to be sung. Unfortunately, nearly all ancient Greek music has been irretrievably lost; no one alive will ever hear the original ... Continue reading "What Did Ancient Greek Music Sound Like?"
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Problems of evil - LessWrong
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| I. I wasn't raised in a religious household, but I got interested in Buddhism at the end of high school, and in Christianity and a number of other t...