Sparta and its Law

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Eduardo writes about the history of Sparta, from the Dorian conquest to the eventual collapse that came from mixing with the helots and moral decay. Additionally he draws parallels between Sparta and the Third Reich. Sparta was the first massive reaction against the inevitable decline brought about by the comfort of civilization, and as such, there is much to learn from it in this age of biological and moral degradation induced by a techno-industrial society. The Spartans really broke away from all vices produced by civilization, and so placed themselves at the top of the pyramid of power in their region. All current elite military traditions are somewhat heirs of what took place in Sparta, and this signals the survival of the Spartan mission. Today our indoctrinating academics vaguely teach that Sparta was a militaristic and brutal state completely turned to power, whose system of education and training was very hard. We are introduced to the Spartans roughly as efficient soldiers, crude and mindless, which “were only interested in war.” This is a deliberately distorted reflection of what they really were, and it is mainly because we have been taught by some decadent Athenians, spiced with the bad faith of those who currently manage the information, who seek to distort history to serve economic and other types of interests. Translated by César Tort. Introduction Origins of Sparta First development of Sparta: the Messenian wars Lycurgus and the Revolution The New Sparta Eugenics and early childrearing The education of children The education of adolescents Adult life Women and marriage The government On the pagan mentality, the religious sentiment of the Spartans, and supremacy over Athens The Spartan politics for their inferiors: the crypteia War The Battle of Thermopylae as an example of heroism Subsequent history of Sparta The twilight of Sparta The lesson of Sparta The survival of the Spartan archetype