Comments on: Monday morning Vitamin S https://didacticmind.com/2019/07/monday-morning-vitamin-s_1.html Strategic Defence of the Mantle of Responsibility Sat, 29 Aug 2020 12:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Didact https://didacticmind.com/2019/07/monday-morning-vitamin-s_1.html#comment-1460 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 06:05:37 +0000 #comment-1460 In reply to JohnC.

He pointed near the start of the video the rich women in Sparta getting the land their husband had and passing it down to their daughters. This would be why the birth rates were falling.

Correct. Aristotle made this point very clear in his dissection of Spartan society – "the license of the Lacedaemonian women defeats the intention of the Spartan constitution, and is adverse to the happiness of the state".

What I find really remarkable about the Spartans is how much time, effort, and thought they put into ensuring a serious balance of power – and yet they were undone by their own women and the inheritance laws relating to the same.

Even so, their Constitution and way of life was by far the most enlightened of its time and lasted well over a thousand years – whereas Athens went from democracy to empire to tyranny in the space of 100.

if you enjoy Greek history can I recommend the youtube videos from Yale on Ancient Greece History by Donald Kagan

Thanks, I'll check it out. I'm a big fan of Victor Davis Hanson's work also.

]]> By: JohnC https://didacticmind.com/2019/07/monday-morning-vitamin-s_1.html#comment-1459 Tue, 02 Jul 2019 04:47:19 +0000 #comment-1459 The Constitution of the Spartans was a good video. I thought the ending solution to there problem was bad, bring immigration or give helots citizenship to fix the spartan problem. Only a Person who was Economist or Liberal Minded person would think this would work. He pointed near the start of the video the rich women in Sparta getting the land their husband had and passing it down to their daughters. This would be why the birth rates were falling.

One of the reasons given to why Sparta and Athens went to war was Spartan fears of being over taken as the power house in Grecce. Their population of fighting age males was declining every generation by the end of the Peloponnesian War they were using Heltos and Other Greeks.

By the way if you enjoy Greek history can I recommend the youtube videos from Yale on Ancient Greece History by Donald Kagan
youtube.com/watch?v=9FrHGAd_yto&list=PL023BCE5134243987

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