Luke Caverns
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That's also why, whether or not Plato's Republic and the story of Atlantis really is based on a kernel of truth, it's the reason he talked about it, because Atlantis is supposed to represent Athens. It's this rise of this very self-confident, capable, luxurious, beautiful civilization, and then it becomes overly competent and arrogant, and then it falls.
And it's just two centuries, you know, and it's this blip in time. After that, you have Alexander's father, Philip of Macedon, and he basically, he sees all the Greeks bickering with each other and he just conquers all of them while they're bickering with each other. And then he uses their force to invade Persia. And then really Alexander, he gets in the car and drives it like he stole it.
And it's just two centuries, you know, and it's this blip in time. After that, you have Alexander's father, Philip of Macedon, and he basically, he sees all the Greeks bickering with each other and he just conquers all of them while they're bickering with each other. And then he uses their force to invade Persia. And then really Alexander, he gets in the car and drives it like he stole it.
And it's just two centuries, you know, and it's this blip in time. After that, you have Alexander's father, Philip of Macedon, and he basically, he sees all the Greeks bickering with each other and he just conquers all of them while they're bickering with each other. And then he uses their force to invade Persia. And then really Alexander, he gets in the car and drives it like he stole it.
And then it's over after that. Then you have Hellenistic society. But it's just this little blip in classical Greece that is like, it is this one short period
And then it's over after that. Then you have Hellenistic society. But it's just this little blip in classical Greece that is like, it is this one short period
And then it's over after that. Then you have Hellenistic society. But it's just this little blip in classical Greece that is like, it is this one short period
of limitless capacity of a civilization to express itself to the fullest and do everything at the highest level it's ever going to be done and the only thing the only thing that's ever been similar to that and surpassed it is the united states and uh And that's why I feel like so drawn to this, to studying the Greeks, you know, and kind of as a reminder of like how precious our society is.
of limitless capacity of a civilization to express itself to the fullest and do everything at the highest level it's ever going to be done and the only thing the only thing that's ever been similar to that and surpassed it is the united states and uh And that's why I feel like so drawn to this, to studying the Greeks, you know, and kind of as a reminder of like how precious our society is.
of limitless capacity of a civilization to express itself to the fullest and do everything at the highest level it's ever going to be done and the only thing the only thing that's ever been similar to that and surpassed it is the united states and uh And that's why I feel like so drawn to this, to studying the Greeks, you know, and kind of as a reminder of like how precious our society is.
We have so many problems. The United States has done so many bad things, but a lot of people suffered to give you and I the ability to sit here today. And I think
We have so many problems. The United States has done so many bad things, but a lot of people suffered to give you and I the ability to sit here today. And I think
We have so many problems. The United States has done so many bad things, but a lot of people suffered to give you and I the ability to sit here today. And I think
don't have to condone anything of it nobody's asking really for like my opinion on it i don't have to judge it but i should have an appreciation for what was given to me from the blood of so many people and just be aware of it you know um So, yeah. Yeah. Cool. Cool.
don't have to condone anything of it nobody's asking really for like my opinion on it i don't have to judge it but i should have an appreciation for what was given to me from the blood of so many people and just be aware of it you know um So, yeah. Yeah. Cool. Cool.
don't have to condone anything of it nobody's asking really for like my opinion on it i don't have to judge it but i should have an appreciation for what was given to me from the blood of so many people and just be aware of it you know um So, yeah. Yeah. Cool. Cool.
Yeah, I think so. I think so. And I just love the fact that they were interested in the Egyptians too. You know, it's this cool little window. When you're at Saqqara, you know, one of the oldest places in Egypt, and you're standing there looking at the...
Yeah, I think so. I think so. And I just love the fact that they were interested in the Egyptians too. You know, it's this cool little window. When you're at Saqqara, you know, one of the oldest places in Egypt, and you're standing there looking at the...
Yeah, I think so. I think so. And I just love the fact that they were interested in the Egyptians too. You know, it's this cool little window. When you're at Saqqara, you know, one of the oldest places in Egypt, and you're standing there looking at the...
The earliest periods in history, in Egyptian history, dynastic Egyptian history, they haven't really figured out how to make circular standing columns. So they have these columns that are attached to walls.