I would think Socrates being a heathen would be a testament to his brilliance. Especially considering the time that he lived.
After the Greeks invented the modern alphabet about 3,000 years ago, and modern written language and published books, primitive myths declined and were replaced by logic and science.
I think it is remarkable, that considering the time that these great thinkers lived they were able to see through the primitive myths at all.
Will Durant, the great historian, wrote this about the ancient Greeks in his chapter on them, and it is just about my favorite quote. And what the Democrats are trying to do with regard to the Republicans.
"The persistent effort to subordinate fancy to reason is the dominant quality of the Greek mind.
Ergo, Greek literature is modern, or rather contemporary, we find it hard to understand Dante or Milton, but Euripides and Thucydides are kin to us mentally and belong to our age.
This is because, though myths may differ, reason remains the same, and the life of reason makes brothers of its lovers at all times and everywhere."
After Greece was pretty much completely destroyed by the birth of Christ, if one looks they will find no one for 1300 years that compares to the intellect of any one of hundreds of ancient Greeks.
I have looked. Cheers.
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