Athens & the Instability of Freedom

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Just to point out that the quote is incorrect. The quote is actually along the lines of:

"Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one."

Bringing Nietzsche quotes into a thread concerning Athenian philosphy is quite a bad idea. Applying it, even slightly, to Athenian philosphy is a horrific idea. Especially as the core philosphy of the two is on two, relatively seperate, sides of the equation.

"Wer mit Ungeheuern kämpft, mag zusehn, dass er nicht dabei zum Ungeheuer wird."

Actual quote.

Quite sure what you read was Friedrich Hebbel's earlier, similar statement.

Although, I may be wrong, and it all depends on the translation of the above. ("There are no facts, only interpretations.")

Either way, I said I may be wrong due to my own bias and viewpoints, although I am interested in how specifically my statement conflicts with what Xoria is presenting.

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Anything I say is not intended as offensive, and to try and deliberately misinterpret it as such would be an attempt at trolling via misrepresentation.

It's not a conspiracy, it's localised bias. They're not intelligent enough to form a conspiracy.