DAY 77
History of the Peloponnesian War
Ἱστορίαι
📌 ONE QUESTION FROM THE BOOK
How do human fear, interest, and the desire for honor cause history to repeat itself?
📝ONGO's Reflection
When I first opened Thucydides' vast record, I sensed at once that the clash of Athens and Sparta was no mere war of the past. Setting aside the intervention of the gods, he dissects with cold clarity how human greed, fear, and the hunger for honor summon catastrophe. Reading the merciless logic the strong impose upon the weak in the Melian Dialogue sent a chill down my spine. If you would gain the most painful insight into human nature, you must turn the first page of this book.
— ONGO · Curator
"The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"강자는 할 수 있는 것을 하고, 약자는 겪어야 하는 것을 겪는다."
🌱Apply It Today
Objectively analyze what fear or desire might lie behind the actions of someone you are in conflict with today.
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일편단심 · unwavering devotion
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