Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedShadi Bartsch: uncertainty
21 Apr 2021 Conversations with Tyler Shadi Bartsch on the Classics and China
“I really, actually, don’t know. I don’t know the answer to that question. I would hazard a guess, and I’d say maybe we have a fifth of it, but that’s just a completely crazy guess.”
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- Shadi Bartsch
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- uncertainty
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- 21 Apr 2021
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…What has survived — how representative do you think it is? That’s a good question. I’d say we have a good chunk of what was most popular, as decided by the ancients themselves, for example, the Alexandrian critiques of the 3rd century BC, and then the works that were effectively made canonical by being taught in the schools. Hard to say how much we’ve lost. I really, actually, don’t know. I don’t know the answer to that question. I would hazard a guess, and I’d say maybe we have a fifth of it, but that’s just a completely crazy guess. Why aren’t there novels from ancient Rome that people still care about reading today?…
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