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Why did Athenian philosophers praise Spartan culture and laws, which would preclude philosophers like themselves?
The curious point is that all these philosophers(Socrates, Aristotle, Plato) were clearly products of the open and tolerant Athenian society in which they lived.
Athens was not an open tolerant society. ...
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The portrayal of Sparta and Athens as complete opposites masks the fact that neither city was one-dimensional.
In Athens there had always been a faction leaning towards oligarchy, the prime example of which being Kimon son of Miltiades, who even had his son named Lacedaemonian. Please bear in mind that Kimon, despite his pro-Spartan views, was in no way in ...
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