CT_Paterson

CT_Paterson wrote

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Interesting, I've never even seen a fake phone before. People don't typically ask to turn them on first?

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CT_Paterson wrote

Not classics, just history. In addition to two courses on ancient Greek history (one focused on Alexander the Great and the other on 5th century BCE Athens), I also was obliged to take a course on "Western Humanities" which had many other ancient Greek readings. The fourth reading of Thucydides was in International Relations--IR theorists, particularly "realists" think of him as their disciplinary founder or precursor even though I would argue a lot of them have pretty weak readings of the text.

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CT_Paterson wrote

I couldn't find steady work after graduating from college and wound up temping for about a year and a half. It's not so bad depending on where you wind up. I didn't like the irregularity of it though and in the end I was let go with no warning. I hope it goes well for you--at the very least it's always easier to look for a new job when you are currently employed.

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CT_Paterson wrote

Nothing wrong with that imo as long as you are reading him critically, I've always liked him better than Plato. My exposure was more to the Greek historians and playwrights though, so maybe I don't have enough to compare to. I had to read Thucydides for 4 separate courses when I was in college, and only two of those were actually ancient Greek history.

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