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He casts the polis as a political revolution, the alphabet as a language revolution, and Homer as an intellectual revolution in how Greeks imagined the world.
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Political Revolution
He casts the polis as a political revolution, the alphabet as a language revolution, and Homer as an intellectual revolution in how Greeks imagined the world.
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Jiang says the move from worker to consumer was not subtle but a revolution in society and politics.
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"...you look at each factor, okay? So, the polis was a political revolution. It's forever transformed society, okay? The alphabet was a language revolution...."
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"Pretty. Reasonable. Today. The. Average. CEO. United. States. Makes. 20. Million. Dollars. A. Year. And. That. Is. 200. To. 300. Times. More. Than. The...."
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"it causes political upheaval in Germany it causes a political revolution in Turkey and after these civil wars and these revolutions Europe becomes more..."
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"...Which. Will. Lead. To. Their. Solidarity. Which. Will. Lead. To. A. Political. Revolution. And. So. You. Can. Make. The. Worker. As. The. Heart. And...."
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Greek civilization begins as a reversal: chaos, illiteracy, and poverty force the polis, the alphabet, and Homer, until poetry teaches a new human being how to see, feel, and think.
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