ALEXANDER'S OATH
Let us attempt to get a taste of the Hellenic influnce in out daily lives in today.Let us devote our minds and hearts to the mantality contained in an oath given by Alexander the Great on 334 BC.
This oath was taken during a symposium in the presence of 9000 Officers and Elitists of all races: Hellenes, Persians, Medons and others:
"I wish for you to be happy in peace now that the war's over. All humans from now on should live as one people in harmony for the common good. You should consider your Ecumenical Country with common laws, for the Civic leaders your Governors will be the finest, best qualified. I do not diascriminate as the narrow minded do between Hellenes and Barbarians. I am neither interested in the origin of citizens nor the race in which they were born. I distinguish them with only one criterion: virtue. For me, every good foreigner is a Hellene and every bad Hellene is a Barbarian. To the extent where friction arises among you, do not revert to arms. But, solve them peacefully. I, shall be your arbitrator in case of dissagreement. God should not be considered as an authoritarian ruler, but as your common Father, so that your behavior will be like the life of brothers in the same family. As far as I am concerned, I consider eveyone as EQUAL, whether light or dark, and I would like that you would not just be obedientsubjects of my Common wealth, but participants and partners. To the degree of my power, I shall endeavor to fulfill my promises. The oath we took during this offering, we should keep as a symbol of LOVE.
ALEXANDROS
Note 1: Awareness in racial differnces and issues were addressed
Note2: A great deal of Alexander's mind was cultivated from one of the greatest Greek minds: ARISTOTLE, the disciple of PLATO , the latter was the disciple of SOCRATES.
Note3: Alexander's reference to God as our common father.
The ancient Greeks were thirsty for the ability to express the mind.. Therefore with rich imagination and an ingenious mind our ancestors, the Greeks, were glossoplasts or word makers. Why do you suppose in America today there is an expression: The Greeks have a word for it". For, a language is not the totality of words. It is rather the conduit, the vehivle of expressing the mind
