Status Updates From Early Greek Philosophy

Finished the early presocratics, now I’m starting on Part II with the middle period ones.
Because fragments from each thinker are presented in context of who later cited them, this is proving a nice little introduction to ancient Greek, Roman, and a bit of early Christian thought.

So far very illuminating

When bad men gain office, the more unworthy they are the more heedless they become and the more they are filled with folly and rashness.
Democritus 5th century BC