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Jiang defines the Pan-Hellenic Project as Philip's vision to unite the Greek world, often imagined through defeating Persia, but says it required a common Greek identity that did not really exist.
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Greek Identity
Jiang defines the Pan-Hellenic Project as Philip's vision to unite the Greek world, often imagined through defeating Persia, but says it required a common Greek identity that did not really exist.
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Jiang argues that a censor was needed to create Greek identity by standardizing and systemizing Greek knowledge into encyclopedias or textbooks defining what it meant to be Greek.
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Jiang argues that successor kingdoms adopted Aristotle's work because it maintained coherent Greek identity after conquest and because Macedonian rulers benefited from highlighting Aristotle as a Macedonian intellectual achievement.
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"And that's why when Philip needed to negotiate with Athenians. It would make the most sense to send Aristotle. Okay? Does that make sense?..."
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"...But the problem is the Pan -Hellenic Project assumes a common Greek identity. And it didn't really exist at that time. In fact, Greeks..."
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"...other words, Philip needed someone. A censor, basically, to create a Greek identity. Right? And the way you do that is by taking all..."
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"Now that you've conquered these places, your concern or your problem is, how do we govern? Okay? So you need a new culture. And..."
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"He basically created an encyclopedia. So it made sense for them to import Aristotle's works. Also, what's important is, remember, Aristotle was Macedonian. And..."
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"Aristotle was supervising the work of creating a Greek identity. The second possibility is after Aristotle died. His students started. They started to remember,..."
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Aristotle is not treated here as the solitary genius behind Western reason.
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