An Arsonist Destroyed an Ancient Wonder of the World for Modern Reasons
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#3> The man who committed the act was said to be , and the ancients attempted to wipe his name away from history.
Right, so maybe stop spreading it around? I mean, it's the only way to defeat him.
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#4> The man who committed the act was said to be , and the ancients attempted to wipe his name away from history. Right, so maybe stop spreading it around? I mean, it's the only way to defeat him.
Young people generally have this idea that their name allows them to live forever if it is somehow preserved by repetition. It doesn’t. I had a dialectic materialist for a history teacher one term, and these notions are greatly muted when individual stories cease to be the center of all historical narratives.
Cue Fight Club: “you are not special...”
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#5Paywalled article. Is there another source?
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#6Paywalled article. Is there another source?
You should be able to see it in incognito browsing mode.
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#7Paywalled article. Is there another source?
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#8> The man who committed the act was said to be , and the ancients attempted to wipe his name away from history. Right, so maybe stop spreading it around? I mean, it's the only way to defeat him.
Young people generally have this idea that their name allows them to live forever if it is somehow preserved by repetition. It doesn’t. I had a dialectic materialist for a history teacher one term, and these notions are greatly muted when individual stories cease to be the center of all historical narratives. Cue Fight Club: “you are not special...”
His Name Was Robert Paulson.
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#9> The man who committed the act was said to be , and the ancients attempted to wipe his name away from history. Right, so maybe stop spreading it around? I mean, it's the only way to defeat him.
Herostratus Herostratus Herostratus
Censorship of history should be resisted, and the chance that this was his actual name is slim. And there were no doubt a great many other Herostratus' who didn't appreciate having to suddenly be embarrassed about their names.
The name "Gary" is disappearing for similar reasons. One criminal by the stagename Gary Glitter and suddenly a perfectly respectable real name is forgotten.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/are-you-call...
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#10> The man who committed the act was said to be , and the ancients attempted to wipe his name away from history. Right, so maybe stop spreading it around? I mean, it's the only way to defeat him.
2000+ years too late, cats out of the bag.