963: Έλληνας, Ἕλληνες: “The hallmark was how you govern your life.” Bruce Thornton @fpmag
Image: Arete (Ἀρετή) means virtue, excellence, and moral virtue. For a number of Hellenists, cultivating Arete is considered one of the highest things to cultivate and focus on for modern Hellenists and cultivating it will lead to a good life. Here: Acropolis, Parthenon, east side, Athens, Greece. Bruce Thornton, @fpmag, Hoover, Front Page magazine; in re: Greeks venerated culture, conducting affairs with honor. Hellenes. The parochial boundaries of your tribe or city-state are not the whole boundaries of your being. Barbarians – not so. It's about the way you live; and critically: how did you live politically—autonomous and free, took control of your life? That was the hallmark of being a Greek. How you govern your life. In the rural San Joaquin Valley, 80% Mexican-American: that’s where it first hit me that I can’t look at one of these kids whom I don’t know and have any opinion based on who his or her parents were. All different. “If you’re Black, come back; if you're brown, stick around; if you're white, take a hike.” Today, Hispanicmeans only “Hispanophone.” Intermarriage among “races” will diminish our absurd attention to appearance. Once upon a time, it really mattered if you were civilized.