Post; Here's a quote from Thucydides

FranciscanSpartan99 · November 9th, 2007

King Archidamus II of Sparta speaking:

"It is true that the ones who come out on top are the ones who have been trained in the hardest school." (Translated by Rex Warner)

This stuff never gets old. Last year, in my great books class, we were reading History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, and a Marines recruiter was on campus. I got some literature from him, and behold, on the inside of one of the booklets, there is this quote. It's really funny, because I tried out the Army ROTC, and the first class I went to on the Army code featured doctrines almost verbatim from Aristotle.

November 9th, 2007
FranciscanSpartan99 Tirones	Post; Here's a quote from Thucydides King Archidamus II of Sparta speaking: "It is true that the ones who come out on top are the ones who have been trained in the hardest school." (Translated by Rex Warner) This stuff never gets old. Last year, in my great books class, we were reading History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, and a Marines recruiter was on campus. I got some literature from him, and behold, on the inside of one of the booklets, there is this quote. It's really funny, because I tried out the Army ROTC, and the first class I went to on the Army code featured doctrines almost verbatim from Aristotle.