<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The Parthenon carries an argument that remains... > The Parthenon carries an argument that remains intelligible after its builders are gone. Rubio recalled the Persian destruction of the Acropolis, the Athenians' burial of its broken remains, and the later construction of the temple under Pericles. Greece did not answer the destruction of its symbols by treating its history as finished. {{The Parthenon is an argument that destruction need not be the last word of a civilization willing to build again.}} [[reminders/Neo-Westernism/The Parthenon Proves Civilization Can Build Again by Bryant McGill|∴]] Its endurance makes reconstruction, rather than mere possession, part of the meaning America must learn to carry. **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 ``` “The Parthenon carries an argument that remains intelligible after its builders are gone. Rubio recalled the Persian destruction of the Acropolis, the Athenians' burial of its broken remains, and the later construction of the temple under Pericles. Greece did not answer the destruction of its symbols by treating its history as finished. The Parthenon is an argument that destruction need not be the last word of a civilization willing to build again. ∴ Its endurance makes reconstruction, rather than mere possession, part of the meaning America must learn to carry.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-parthenon-carries-argument-must-learn-carry ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->