Barry Strauss

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592 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 18 Jul

Barry Strauss’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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About the state of Western civilization?

I'm not worried.

I think we face challenges, but I'm not worried.

Yes.

Good point.

There are always challenges.

Yes, but a long, long time ago.

Yeah.

I mean, I hate to confess it, but I'm not the world's biggest fan of Cato the Younger.

Tell me why.

Because I think that he didn't understand the need for compromise.

And he did not have the strain of pragmatism, which was one of the things that made the Romans great.

Yeah.

And, you know, Caesar had a lot to do with bringing on the civil war, but Cato had a lot to do with it as well.

I lean towards too principled and clean for the world of politics, but that makes him a mediocre politician.

Right.

He wasn't good at the job.

He thought that all the problems could go away.

All they had to do was get rid of Caesar and everything would be fine.

But that wasn't true.

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