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Jiang defines Greek arete as excellence, becoming the best at what one can do, and eudaimonia as flourishing achieved through that excellence.
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"We've read the Iliad and the Odyssey. So Homer becomes the basis for Greek civilization, meaning that all educated Greeks, they memorize the Iliad..."
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"And that achieves Eudaimonia. The Romans are very different. The Romans believe in the idea of piety. This means obedience to your father s,..."
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Rome cannot burn Homer, because Homer already lives in memory.
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