當我們沉迷於故紙堆的歷史研究時，尤其是中國歷史的故紙堆中，我們會發現從商周到21世紀的共和國都一再重復着朝代政治的悲喜劇。因而認為歷史會因應不同人而有不同的理解、甚至認為歷史沒有絶對客觀性。由此，也就會引伸出歷史是勝利者的宣言（這也是二十五史給人的感覺）。其實若然如此，我們又何苦浸入這些悲比喜還多的悲喜劇中受情緒之苦？進而不也就給了執政者因應需要而篡改歷史？其實傻的人甚少，所以歷史才不斷重複 😂
反觀西方呢？就以自由民主來說是天掉下來的嗎？
文中提到的時間線：
we still have three longish periods—from the reforms of Kleisthenes after 508/7 to the mid-fifth century; from the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 to the foundation of the Second Athenian League in 378/7; and from 355 to 321—when Athens had a democracy but no empire of any sort. Imperialism clearly wasn’t a necessary condition for democracy in Athens. Athens had a democracy without an empire for significant stretches of its history.
Was Athenian Democracy Dependent on Imperialism? - Areo
https://areomagazine.com/2021/11/26/was-athenian-democracy-dependent-on-imperialism/
反觀西方呢？就以自由民主來說是天掉下來的嗎？
文中提到的時間線：
we still have three longish periods—from the reforms of Kleisthenes after 508/7 to the mid-fifth century; from the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 to the foundation of the Second Athenian League in 378/7; and from 355 to 321—when Athens had a democracy but no empire of any sort. Imperialism clearly wasn’t a necessary condition for democracy in Athens. Athens had a democracy without an empire for significant stretches of its history.
Was Athenian Democracy Dependent on Imperialism? - Areo
https://areomagazine.com/2021/11/26/was-athenian-democracy-dependent-on-imperialism/