<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Athens offers America an inheritance of inquiry,... > Athens offers America an inheritance of inquiry, not merely a set of answers. Years before this argument, I wrote in [[books/Voice of Reason Book (2009-2012)|Voice of Reason]] that discovery requires courage and that education must make room for the unknown. {{The finest thing Athens could give America was not a monument to admire, but the courage to ask questions whose answers might change the world.}} [[reminders/Neo-Westernism/Athens Gave America the Courage to Ask Questions by Bryant McGill|∴]] A living inheritance asks its heirs to continue that work of discovery. **Source:** [[articles/America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity|America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Athens offers America an inheritance of inquiry, not merely a set of answers. Years before this argument, I wrote in Voice of Reason that discovery requires courage and that education must make room for the unknown. The finest thing Athens could give America was not a monument to admire, but the courage to ask questions whose answers might change the world. ∴ A living inheritance asks its heirs to continue that work of discovery.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-athens-offers-america-continue-work-discovery ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->