mytilenian debate造句

• A second debate, which Thucydides called " the Mytilenian Debate ", took place in order to reassess the course of action that should be taken.
• Cleon, like many demagogues that came after him, constantly advocated brutality in order to demonstrate strength, and argued that compassion was a sign of weakness that would only be exploited by enemies . " It is a general rule of human nature that people despise those who treat them well and look up to those who make no concessions . " At the Mytilenian Debate over whether to recall the ships he had sent the previous day to slaughter and enslave the entire population of Mytilene, he opposed the very idea of debate, characterizing it as an idle, weak, intellectual pleasure : " To feel pity, to be carried away by the pleasure of hearing a clever argument, to listen to the claims of decency are three things that are entirely against the interests of an imperial power ."