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Thucydides and the plague of Athens – what it can teach us now
The coronavirus is concentrating our minds on the fragility of human existence in the face of a deadly disease.
Words like “epidemic” and “pandemic” (and “panic”!) have become part of our daily discourse.
- Chris Mackie
- The Conversation
These words are Greek in origin, and they point to the fact that the…