Volodymyr Yermolenko
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 10 Jul
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And you need to think about it like when um rights or freedoms becomes the objects that people just enjoy and do not fight for them.
So do you think that uh there are so many elements in the ancient Greek and modern Greek intellectual tradition we need to come back to it and rethink.
Exactly.
And I can tell you that in our book that we wrote with my wife Titano Harkowa, uh, which is called Life at the Edge, one of the phrases is our country is our baby.
So we are we are exactly on the same page.
I think that this uh uh you know, thinking about democracy as a paternal figure, that this is a big state that that controls you
No, no, no.
It's very bad.
I think we need to r renew this idea that our country is our baby and we need to take care of it.
Freedom is a muscle, you need to train it, right?
Freedom is a muscle, you need to train it.
Yes, yes, yes.
My last question Absolutely What gives you hope?
You are in Ukraine, we have, you know, bombardments, we have air raids alerts.
What gives you hope?
Good little miracles of life.
Christos Hominides, thank you so much for this conversation.
This was Thinking in Dark Times, a podcast from Ukraine by Ukraine World, an English language media outlet about Ukraine.
I'm your host, Volodymyr Yelmonko, a Ukrainian philosopher, chief editor of Ukraine World and president of Pan Ukraine.
My guest today was Christos Homenidis, a prominent award-winning Greek writer.
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