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The writer and translator Carlos García Gual, emeritus professor of Greek Philology, presents the seven wise men of ancient Greece, heirs to the mythical tradition of poets and the Muses but who broke with this tradition to seek truth and justice in the cities and through reason and calculation, that is, lógos and logismós. Thales of Miletus, Solon of Athens, Bias of Priene, Pittacus of Mytilene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Chilon of Sparta and Periander of Corinth were citizens of prominent poleis or city-states of the 6th century BC, open to trade and the exchange of ideas. Lecture from the “Masters of Wisdom” series https://www.march.es/actos/100922/ January 10, 2017 Juan March Foundation, Madrid https://www.march.es/videos/?p0=11146... Full audio: https://www.march.es/conferencias/ant...