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Thucydides' "Archaeology" 1.2

Thucydides' "Archaeology" 1.2

Update: 2023-12-18
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This is the trailer of the full recording of a discussion for the series "Technology and Nihilism" in philosophy on my website AthensCorner.com.  After having previously discussed the first paragraph of the text, here I discuss the significance of Thucydides for current discussions of what we think of today as "technology."  I discuss how the opening sections commonly referred to as the "Archaeology" (paragraphs 2-20) present a thematic account of the role of technology in the life of man, leading to the fundamental question of the text regarding the possibility of statesmanship.  Alternatively, I present Thucydides as a political philosopher deeply concerned with the limitations of stability that are imposed upon political community by the very nature of man.

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