The same culture of eudaimonia that allowed Athens to rise through expansion also caused Athens to decline through the Peloponnesian War.
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The same culture of eudaimonia that allowed Athens to rise through expansion also caused Athens to decline through the Peloponnesian War.
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"Okay? And, historically, what most historians will tell you is this war was started because Sparta was afraid of an emerging Athens. Okay? Sparta..."
"Okay? And this eudaimonia will also cause it to decline. Does it make sense? Okay? Because, it's because of the Peloponnesian War which lasts..."
"...So Chinese history is almost a continuous cycle of dynastic rise and decline. Okay, now, in the Western context, there's also a cycle. There..."
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Greek history begins with geography, but it ends here as a theory of abundance, blocked status, and pointless war: when the line stops moving, the young do not overthrow the old order directly.
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