While Western Europeans often identify themselves with the ancient Greeks and Romans, it should be remembered that the Western Europeans were seen as barbaric inferiors who were not capable of governing themselves, which justified their conquest and enslavement. This is why they sacked Rome on several occasions.
Gerlach is German and rhymes with bear-lock. I was born and raised in the Haight Ashbury of San Francisco, moved to Berkeley for college and grad school, with an MA in History of Religion from the Graduate Theological Union of Berkeley, and now teach Philosophy and the history of human thought at Berkeley City College. I have taught Intro Philosophy, Ethics, Logic, Asian Philosophy, Greek Philosophy, Modern European Philosophy and Social & Political Philosophy there for the past several years, and it has been a joy.
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