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Often appears with: thermopylae · military discipline and training · justice as a virtue · geography and the description of places · forms of government · climata and latitude · civil government forms
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“But it is in great undertakings that the truth shines out in all its brilliancy, for here, while the success resulting from knowledge is grand, the consequences of ignorance are disastrous.” Strabo, The Geography of Strabo, Volume 1 (of 3) · insight
He recommends that geographers describe places with celestial and geometric relations, notes that ignorance causes military disasters (Thermopylae, Xerxes’ wrecks), and claims geography aids ethical and political reasoning.
acquainted with the Indies and their various territorial divisions would be useless, as it could lead to no advantage, which is the only criterion of the worth of such knowledge. 17. Even if we descend to the consideration of such trivial matters as hunting, the case is still the same; for he will be most successful in the chase who is acquainted with the size and nature of the wood, and one familiar with the locali…