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21 Apr 2021
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Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China
21 Apr 2021
1hr
Quote
"It's better to listen to those that live the life they preach, but it doesn't mean what's being preached isn't interesting or valuable."
Ideas
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The difference between visual and written representations of history is that there are more viewers of visual representations and they're more likely to misunderstand what's going on in the picture that they see.
Poetry itself, as a form of art, is also not to be taken as reflecting history or trying to say something true about the political situation of the day, but it's often less consumed and less misunderstood.
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The difference between visual and written representations of history is that there are more viewers of visual representations and they're more likely to misunderstand what's going on in the picture that they see.
Poetry itself, as a form of art, is also not to be taken as reflecting history or trying to say something true about the political situation of the day, but it's often less consumed and less misunderstood.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.
Trying to think about reasonable explanations why others might be acting in a certain way, can help you react better to otherwise negative events.
Because after all, we don't actually know someone elses intentions or reasons.
Because after all, we don't actually know someone elses intentions or reasons.
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We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.
Trying to think about reasonable explanations why others might be acting in a certain way, can help you react better to otherwise negative events.
Because after all, we don't actually know someone elses intentions or reasons.
Because after all, we don't actually know someone elses intentions or reasons.
3
The issue in politics is people take the opposite side of an issue just because other people have taken a side.
They don't necessarily care anymore what it's about.
We need to find ourselves thinking about the underlying issue and not caring about who's on which side.
We need to find ourselves thinking about the underlying issue and not caring about who's on which side.
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The issue in politics is people take the opposite side of an issue just because other people have taken a side.
They don't necessarily care anymore what it's about.
We need to find ourselves thinking about the underlying issue and not caring about who's on which side.
We need to find ourselves thinking about the underlying issue and not caring about who's on which side.
Questions
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Can you think of a situation where you may have picked a side without understanding the underlying issues?
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Can you think of a situation where you may have picked a side without understanding the underlying issues?
What else is in the episode
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How she learned Latin and how it was different to hear learning Mandarin
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How she learned Latin and how it was different to hear learning Mandarin
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Thoughts on Homer and Virgil's underworlds as well as Lucan's epic
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Thoughts on Homer and Virgil's underworlds as well as Lucan's epic
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Chinese intellectuals and how they interpret both historical texts and current issues
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Chinese intellectuals and how they interpret both historical texts and current issues
Who is Shadi Bartsch?
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A professor of ics and author of books on the literature and philosophy of the roman period and the reception of the Western ical corpus in modern China.
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A professor of ics and author of books on the literature and philosophy of the roman period and the reception of the Western ical corpus in modern China.
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