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Greeks seem to have taken advantage of this tolerant environment, with merchants, mercenaries, and artists traveling widely, absorbing different cultural influences and bringing them back to their own city-states. Arising from this cultural mélange, the “Greek miracle” was really a marvel of convergence and emergence: a convergence of multiple worldviews, leading to the emergence of a synthesis of these views as a new, comprehensive system of thought.
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