51 Anacyclosis – Polybius' Grand Unified Theory of History
Ancient Greece Declassified
Dr. Lantern Jack
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🗓️ 1 November 2022
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Polybius' theory of anacyclosis is the most sophisticated theory of political (r)evolution to have emerged from ancient Greek and Roman political thought.
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To watch the highlight real from the last AGD tour in Greece, click here.
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To read the passage in Polybius where he discusses anacyclosis click here.
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If you'd like to read more about the theory of anacyclosis, I've written a few blogs on the subject:
Anacyclosis, Act 1: From Monarchy to Tyranny
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, quick announcement before we begin today's episode. |
| 0:03.1 | The Mountains and Oracles tour in Greece this coming January has been officially confirmed. |
| 0:08.2 | We had enough people sign up right away to go ahead and book everything. |
| 0:11.6 | There are some spots left, but they are filling up. |
| 0:14.5 | So if you want to claim one or a couple, shoot me an email at greaspodcast at gmail.com. |
| 0:20.2 | Also, I'm super excited that one of the people coming along on this trip is my good friend, |
| 0:25.4 | Doug Metzger, host of the Literature and History Podcast, which I know a lot of you listen to. |
| 0:30.2 | So if you come along, you get to hang out with not one, but two of the biggest ancient Greek history geeks on the Potosphere. |
| 0:38.3 | Also, I made a video highlight reel with testimonials from the last trip and put it up on YouTube. |
| 0:44.4 | So if you want to see what that trip was like, check the link in the show notes. |
| 0:49.1 | If you can't see the show notes for some reason, you can just go to YouTube.com slash lanternjack. That's my channel. |
| 0:55.6 | And the first video there will be the highlight reel. |
| 0:58.8 | Check it out, get inspired, and let's go to Greece together. |
| 1:08.6 | Hi, thanks for tuning in to ancient Greece, declassified. |
| 1:15.6 | Episode 51, Anasiclosis. |
| 1:23.4 | Our world is increasingly dominated by models. |
| 1:27.2 | And I don't mean the kind that walk down runways. |
| 1:29.5 | I mean mathematical models, computer-generated models, |
| 1:32.5 | AI-driven models. |
| 1:34.1 | We have models that can supposedly predict the weather, |
| 1:36.9 | market trends, climate change, |
| 1:38.6 | the next word you'll type, |
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