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Transcript rendering of Greek arete, human excellence, tied here to standing out through speech and argument.
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erite
A source-grounded reading of Homer as civilizational engine: the Iliad trains Greeks to fight with speeches, poetry projects movies onto the world, language controls time and space, and the poet becomes the flame through...
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A source-grounded reading of Homer as civilizational engine: the Iliad trains Greeks to fight with speeches, poetry projects movies onto the world, language controls time and space, and the poet becomes the flame through...
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"...someone who stands out. Okay? That's why we have the concepts erite and eudaimonia. In this community, you are an individual, you are the..."
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"...civilization is that there are two important concepts. The first is erite. The second is eudaimonia. So, erite means virtue, excellence, or character. It's..."
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"...happy, you can only be yourself, when you are achieving your erite, when you are expressing your erite. So, for example, Achilles. In the..."
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"...a good person? For the Greeks, it was the idea of erite."
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"...could be an asshole. You could be a jerk. But if erite, like you have talent, then you are a good person. Okay? And..."
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"...Okay? So Aristotle also promoted two major concepts. The first is erite. The second is eudaimonia. Okay? Erite is just excellence. Okay? Alexander has..."
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A source-grounded reading of Homer as civilizational engine: the Iliad trains Greeks to fight with speeches, poetry projects movies onto the world, language controls time and space, and the poet becomes the flame through...
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Hannibal can destroy an army, but he cannot make Rome accept defeat.
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Aristotle is not treated here as the solitary genius behind Western reason.
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