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“There is no more radical cure than Thucydides for the lamentably rose-coloured idealisation of the Greeks which the “classically-cultured” stripling bears with him into life, as a reward for his public school training. His writings must be carefully studied line by line, and his unuttered thoughts must be read as distinctly as what he actually says. There are few thinkers so rich in unuttered thoughts… Greek philosophy is the decadence of the Greek instinct: Thucydides is the great summing up, the final manifestation of that strong, severe positivism which lay in the instincts of the ancient Hellene. After all, it is courage in the face of reality that distinguishes such natures as Thucydides from Plato: Plato is a coward in the face of reality—consequently he takes refuge in the ideal: Thucydides is master of himself,—consequently he is able to master life.”
[Twilight of the Idols, Friedrich Nietzsche]
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I was raised in White culture for one. Besides that white culture seems to be the most civilized and productive culture in the world over the course of history.
White culture is also classically predominantly Christian and therefore I love it all the more.
I think that many will understand that this is what I mean and those who don’t will hopefully ask like you have.
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She is stunning in blue jeans
Just a classically beautiful woman period
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