By: Ashwood

Ashwood
Sun, 17 Dec 2023 21:27:51 +0000

Surprising really that new posts are still appearing under this article. It is entirely understandable that the Greek government should make an issue about the marbles – even though the political motive may be to create an emotional frenzy to distract attention from other problems.

It isn’t difficult to feel some sympathy for the idea that all the bits of the Parthenon sculptures should be brought together in a modern museum close to where they originated. It is also not unreasonable to hope that in return the Greek government might be willing to mount a substantial permanent exhibition of other important pieces in their place at the BM.

In fact, better still, we might hope that it would possible to move on from displaying them simply as objects art. They were created as part of a philosophical tradition to which we owe far more than we imagine and which is under serious threat from a self-styled intellectual elite in our own society as well as from deeply reactionary forces from elsewhere in the world.