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On Fri, 10/10/14, Kenneth Barns <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [TML] The Vilani, Gnosis, and Psionics
 To: xxxxxx@simplelists.com
 Date: Friday, October 10, 2014, 3:05 AM

 On 10 October 2014 01:40,
 Ros Knox & Michael Barry <xxxxxx@homemail.com.au>
 wrote:
 China has been mentioned as a parallel for
 the Vilani, but this discussion puts me in mind of ancient
 Sparta.

 <snip
 discussion of
 Sparta>
 Thanks - that was all new info for
 me.  It makes one wonder what societal trauma would be be
 required to make such drastic changes to a society in the
 space of a lifespan or two. 

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Some years back PBS aired a really good 2 hour documentary detailing the history of Sparta w/ particular emphasis on the 'Great Man' that set up the 'new' system & also the historical results of all that.

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