Classic literature can be hard to read because the characters are hard to like
it uses words and phrases that are no longer used
its plots are usually very complicated
it was written a thousand years ago

Why did thales choose water as the "primeval stuff", what us this "primeval stuff"

Of all the attributes essential to a respected man or woman or to a respected nation, the predominant characteristic is self-discipline. laws cannot be made compelling people to suppress their desire for power or position. no method of legislating such wisdom exists. as free people, we must face a choice between two types of discipline. one is the self-discipline that is still open to us—the kind that free people and free nations exercise when they select the executives, lawmakers, and judges who will govern them and assure their protection and well-being. the second is a cold-blooded, ill-intentioned, form of discipline that may be thrust upon us by strangers—the discipline of force, terrorism, suspicion, and intimidation—the discipline used in totalitarian regimes.does every sentence following the first in some way support the theme?

Summary review lines 1-35. what events create the central conflict of the myth? tell why this myth might have been created