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In ancient Sparta, boys at aged seven years old left their homes and entered the public educational system. The goal of this system of education was to produce a well-drilled military machine composed of soldiers who were "obedient to the word of command, capable of enduring hardships and victories in battle."
The Spartan system of education was organized by the state and each boy was assigned to a group known as the agela.They lived in a communal style and were made to undergo a curriculum of training that was was rigorous and often painful. Enormous discipline was placed on these children as they passed through the hands of teachers, gymnastic coaches and military instructors. The goal of this program was to produce men who were not only physically fit but psychologically disciplined. The Spartan male's education did not end till he reached the age of thirty. In this educational regime, literacy and the arts were not a priority.
When they reached the age of eleven, Spartan boys were moved up to the next level of their education. The description left to us by Plutarch demonstrates the rigorous experience of these Spartan students. According to Plutarch:
they no longer had a tunic, received one cloak a year, had hardened skin, and took very few baths and used practically no ointments, except on a few prescribed days of the year.They slept together according to platoon and herd on pallet beds made of rushes which they plucked with their bare hands from the River Eurotas--no knives were allowed. In winter they added lycophon or thistle-down to their beds, since this was thought to provide warmth.
Sparta's position in the ancient Greek world was that of the lead member of the Peloponnesian league. Through most of it's existence, Sparta was engaged in wars with various states including Persia. By the 6th century BCE Sparta was engaged in military excursions in Greece and as well as Asia Minor. The militaristic culture of Sparta fostered values which emphasized the productrion of "strong, violent, disciplined, unquestioning and ruthless young men, and more or less similar young women" They "prided themselves on brute strength, courage and brevity of speech," and even their religious festivals were characterized by violent competitions where, though unarmed, young men were known to be flogged to the point of unconsiousness, and gangs of youths went at each other with no holds barred.
"I begin with the young. We older ones are used up. We are rotten to the marrow. We are cowardly and sentimental. We are bearing the burden of a humiliating past, and have in our blood the dull recollection of serfdom and servility. But my magnificent youngsters! Are there any finer ones in the world? Look at these young men and boys! What material! With them, I can make a new world. This is the heroic stage of youth. Out of it will come the creative man, the man-god."
"When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I say calmly, 'Your child belongs to us already. What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp. In a short time they will know nothing but this new community' ."
"...Knowledge would spoil my young people. I prefer that they learn only what they pick up by following their own play instinct. But they must learn self-control. I will have them master the fear of death through the most difficult trials. That is the heroic stage of youth. Out of it will grow the stage of the free man, a human being who is the measure and center of the world."
"The German youth must be slender and supple, fast as a greyhound, tough as leather, and hard as Krupp steel. He must learn to do without, to endure criticism and injustice, to be reliable, discreet, decent, and loyal."
Things were rough back then. People were closer to animals, and whoever was the most savage animal prevailed. With the Greek/Athenian emphasis on intelligence, the West began its climb to the present heights of technological know-how and competence. If we want to defeat an army of subhumans now, in principle all we have to do is drop a nuke on 'em, end of story.
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