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Originally Posted by HydrogenBond
I would like to look at knowledge of good and evil or law.
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Hi HydrogenBond,
Aristotle's 'Ethics' would be a good start, considering the period you are looking at. In the Penguin Classics version the translator notes that one of the statements could be regarded as meaning that being a good man and being a good citizen are not necessarily the same thing, depending on the quality of your government.
Also, Virgils 'Early history of Rome' gives a good introduction to the development of the roman state from a kingdom to a republic, while even Thucydidies 'History of the Pelloponnesian war' gives an insight into the changes to and the operation of the original Athenian democratic state.
There are many non religious documents available from these times that provide good insights into what was originally considered as good and evil, and the laws that evolved into the systems we use today.
p.s. Don't be disturbed by Aristotles Daimon, which is like an individuals conscience. Also Pagan in latin just means rural, a reflection that the 'gods' of the cities came and went while the gods of the rural areas stayed much the same.
