Xenophobe's Guide to the Greeks - Softcover

Buch 23 von 26: Xenophobe's Guides

Fiada, Alexandra

 
9781906042349: Xenophobe's Guide to the Greeks
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1906042349 ISBN 13: 9781906042349
Verlag: Oval Books, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

A guide to understanding the Greeks which takes an insightful, irreverent look at their character and attitudes
 
Xenophobia: an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always understandable.

Xenophobe's Guides: an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations, almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.

Individuality is the chief feature that characterizes the Greeks, which precludes any attempt to box and label them as a people. After that comes their temperament which flourishes uninhibited throughout their waking hours. This is probably why the ancient sages saw fit to carve their maxims "Nothing in excess" and "Know thyself" on the portals of the Delphic Oracle in an attempt to persuade their fellow Greeks to curb their emotions—they were not heeded then any more than they are now.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Alexandra Fiada is the editor of a number of magazines including Greek Reader's Digest and International History magazine, and the author of A Short History of Athens. She was born and lives—as does 40% of the Greek nation—in Athens. She is unable to explain her unusually disciplined nature, but suggests her inquisitive, optimistic individualism is ample proof, if it was needed, that she is a true Greek.

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A guide to understanding the Greeks which takes an insightful, irreverent look at their character and attitudes"Xenophobia: an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always understandable."
"Xenophobe's Guides: an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations, almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia."
Individuality is the chief feature that characterizes the Greeks, which precludes any attempt to box and label them as a people. After that comes their temperament which flourishes uninhibited throughout their waking hours. This is probably why the ancient sages saw fit to carve their maxims "Nothing in excess" and "Know thyself" on the portals of the Delphic Oracle in an attempt to persuade their fellow Greeks to curb their emotionsthey were not heeded then any more than they are now."

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Verlag
Oval Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1906042349
ISBN 13 
9781906042349
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87
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