lI Why Study Ancient World Cultures? 1. a part of a tradition of intellectual development 2. To Open Our mind We must always guard against the assumption that other people think as we do--or that they should. Reading about ancient cultures is thus reading about other people whose lives were surely different from our own. These differences may help us better to see --and know -the limits of our culture and the limits of our language and experlence. a culture includes both the dominant tradition and its transgressionIII. Why Study Ancient World Cultures? 1. A part of a tradition of intellectual development 2. To Open Our Mind ⚫ We must always guard against the assumption that other people think as we do -- or that they should. Reading about ancient cultures is thus reading about other people whose lives were surely different from our own. These differences may help us better to see -- and know -- the limits of our culture and the limits of our language and experience. ⚫ A culture includes both the dominant tradition and its transgression