Hamilton, Edith -- The Echo of Greece, ch. 2 “Athens’ Failure” (1957)

Dave — Tue, 04 Jul 2017 21:11:00 +0000

What the people wanted was a government which would provide a comfortable life for them, and with this as the foremost object ideas of freedom and self-reliance and service to the community were obscured to the point of disappearing. Athens was more and more looked on as a co-operative business possessed of great wealth in which all citizens had a right to share. […] Athens had reached the point of rejecting independence, and the freedom she now wanted was freedom from responsibility. There could be only one result. […] If men insisted on being free from the burden of a life that was self-dependent and also responsible for the common good, they would cease to be free at all. Responsibility was the price every man must pay for freedom. It was to be had on no other terms.

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) American educator, author, classicist
The Echo of Greece, ch. 2 “Athens’ Failure” (1957)
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Hamilton, Edith -- The Greek Way, ch. 6 (1930)

Dave — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 19:37:59 +0000

Civilization, a much abused word, stands for a high matter quite apart from telephones and electric lights. It is a matter of imponderables, of delight in the things of the mind, of love of beauty, of honor, grace, courtesy, delicate feeling.

Edith Hamilton (1867-1963) American educator, author, classicist
The Greek Way, ch. 6 (1930)
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Hamilton, Edith -- The Echo of Greece, ch. 2 “Athens’ Failure” (1957)

Hamilton, Edith -- The Greek Way, ch. 6 (1930)