Saturday, October 27, 2012

Idolizing the Spartans

Lycurgus &; the Spartan State by Mark Dyal

Aristotle has a response in his Politics. No need for me to repeat it here? Masculine virtue should be complete, including what is necessary for the defense of the community, but the end of moral education goes beyond self-defense. Spartan society was a bit... unbalanced?

Edit. 10/28 Today I was reminded of the latest fitness fad, the Spartan Race (FB).

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