Timothy Shutt - A History of Ancient Sparta (Аудиокнига)

The Spartans form one of the enduring coordinates of Western culture—an enduring and inspiring “farthest north.” No one was more devoted to courage and to duty; no one trained with greater commitment and enthusiasm to achieve his ends.

And no one was committed more thoroughly and relentlessly to the annihilation of self and of self-regard in service of the greater communal good. The Spartans were oppressive to the local “helots” in particular. The Spartans were narrow-minded, and narrow-minded by design. But what they did no one ever did better, and they did it with signal success for centuries on end; at once inspiring and appalling the hundred generations or so that have followed. On the basis of such achievements, the ancient Spartans surely deserve our attention, and, I say, deserve our duly qualified respect as well.

Название: A History of Ancient Sparta
Автор: Timothy Shutt
Издательство: Recorded Books
Эту книгу озвучил: Prof. Timothy B. Shutt
Год выпуска: 2009
Жанр: History
Аудио кодек: mp3
Битрейт аудио: 96 kbps
Продолжительность: 07:42:00
Качество: Отличное
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Язык: Английский