On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Erik Curiel wrote: > In fact, our contemporary views of freedom and citizenship trace directly > back to the ancient Greek ideal---the views of 17th and 18th century > Liberalism (Locke, Hume, Burke, Paine, Madison, Jay, Hamilton, Jefferson), > the cornerstone of American political life, were informed almost wholly by > the political writings of Solon, Pericles, Demosthenes, Thucydides, Plato, > and Aristotle.
i thought jefferson and co.'s ideas of freedom and democracy were largely influenced by what they observed of the iroquois confederacy? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0916782905/ i'm not denying the influence of greek ideals or documents such as the magna carta, but overlooking the native american contribution is yet another example of the type of western imperialist oppression that makes me stay in my room all day and smoke a lot of weed. okay, not entirely true, but i'm high. shut up. =jay help! help! i'm being oppressed! _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
