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Nov 1Liked by James Binks

You leave out that Cimon was a hero of the war with Persia. Pericles had him banished because that is what phony intellectuals do against military men of stature. Cimon, Julius Caesar, Wallace, Patton ...

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I did consider focusing on Pericles' career (and modern fame) with respect to attempted ostracism against him; it's a fascinating story. But Cimon, Pericles, and other 5th century figures are so intertwined that their stories would need much more space than I could give them here to properly tell them. I decided to leave out almost all biographical details surrounding ostracisms to focus on historical epistemology and to provoke thoughts for our modern times.

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