I think it's more or less that it's one of the things that I live with such that the point is always on the edge of consciousness.
The differences run deeper than that, of course - almost anybody (except a few Epicureans) living before the year dot had a worldview where just about everything around them was infused by minor divinities who made everything happen. By comparison, the attitude towards slavery or cobquest is almost incidental.
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Date: 2017-05-22 03:12 pm (UTC)The differences run deeper than that, of course - almost anybody (except a few Epicureans) living before the year dot had a worldview where just about everything around them was infused by minor divinities who made everything happen. By comparison, the attitude towards slavery or cobquest is almost incidental.