The Athens and the Sparta shared some similarities on the existence of the slavery and the social status of men and women. The table of the population of the Athens and Sparta (Doc 6) shows that both of them had slaves. For these reason, people of other classes were privileged which made them to feel strong solidarity with each other. And the solidarity of each Athenians and Spartans had their poleis be developed more quickly by increasing efficiency of work, politics and education. Besides, according to the Xenophone’s book, it is shown that the Athens’ and Sparta’s men had a higher social and political status than women. In other words, men were in the center of each societies. Specifically, in the Athens, only men could participate in the…
Democracy is a type of government that is meant to give power to the people and give them control over their government and allow their voice to be heard. The democracy in Greece was incredibly direct, citizens could vote on each individual thing, however to be qualified as a citizen you had to be a male born of Athenian parents, all citizens could hold positions of power and their roles were chosen based on chance. As a citizen you were able to participate in votes and your voice was heard giving you a great impact on the government, however the requirements for citizenship caused people who were not citizens to have little say, for them the votes weren’t democratic. Unlike Greece, Rome had a representative democracy, the citizens of Rome, both plebeians and patricians could vote on who they wanted to represent them, however only patricians could hold positions of power. The Roman republic had three tiers, patricians could hold positions in all three, while it took many years for Plebeians to be able to hold all the positions of power. When we consider democracy to be based based on the say of the people, Rome was more democratic compared to Greece.…
In the department of medicine, Hippocrates dramatically changed the games for the development of medicine (Document 8). It is undeniable and perhaps it is safe to say that all western thoughts that applied philosophy can trace its origin back to the Greek thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle who brought in the Greek rational thinkings. The questions that were once brought in by the great philosophers are still being discussed in multiple courses such as religion and political issues (Document 3,4).…
The first well-known democracy was in Athens. Though other Greek cities set up democracies none were as powerful, stable or as well documented as Athens. Athens democracy had some of the highest rate of participation known. There are few reasons why Ancient democracy differs from modern democracy. One being that the Athenian democracy was exclusive. Only certain people could participate. Another difference was the main bodies of governance; The Assembly, the Boule, and the Courts. Finally the legal system was less challenging in Ancient Athens.…
One of the most influential minds in western philosophy is of Plato. Plato lived from 422-347 B.C, was born into an aristocratic family in the city of Athens. He was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle. Plato followed the basic ideas of Socrates, in which no laws are to be broken despite their relevance. He makes clear why laws should be followed and why disobedience to the law is rarely justified. Plato is considered a very essential figure in the contribution of philosophy and an essential figure to western tradition. He was the prime founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning within the Western World. Plato has a range of teachings that have been used to instruct a wide spread of subjects. Some…
The first reason Athens wasn’t truly democratic is that they had slaves. Slaves were viewed as insignificant, vapid people, for this reason they did not get to vote. Since they were classified as slaves, they didn’t have the privilege to participate in anything, similar to women.…
Part of Pericles’ plan for Athens was to increase the number of public officials with paid salaries and use direct democracy. Pericles plan for democracy was also for the poor to not be discriminated for social rankings. He also wanted the citizens to serve his country at any position on the social scale but you have to be a defined citizen. Pericles once stated “…power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people”. Athens went through a period of time of power struggles between the rich and poor. Today there are many countries that use democracy as a form of government.…
“The franchise is open to all men who are of citizen birth by both parents” (Document B) Basically in order to be a citizen, both your parents have to, and you have to be a male. This is not just. Women should have say in what they believe is right and wrong, so pretty much ancient Athens wasn’t ruled by the people, so therefore isn’t truly democratic. “ On occasion of their enrollment, the current citizens give their votes first on whether the new candidates appear to be the age set by the law” (Document B) Although the people have a say in whether he is of age, only the men have a opinion. In a way Ancient Athens was truly democratic, but at the same time wasn’t.…
Greek democracy was in some way unfair. There were many both fair and unfair things about Ancient Greece. One unfair thing was that only males who were citizens were allowed to vote, no women, no men who weren’t citizens. That was unfair. Mainly men had power over everything and to me that was unfair. One fair thing is that all men were treated equally in some way. Just because you were “poor” or not extremely rich didn’t mean that you could not have a job. Slaves were used. Peasants were used. The image in document 3 shows a photo or drawing on pottery of slaves working really hard at their job and peasants at a market. This goes to show a fair side of Greece. Greek democracy was very lenient towards their military. They even paid their military…
Athens considered themselves a democratic state of government but in more ways than none it is not a true democracy. The definition of democracy is “a system of government by the whole population.” There were some ways that Athens was democratic in some ways because they had representatives for the government but overall it was still undemocratic because representatives in the courts and council were chosen randomly. The only ones allowed to vote were males that made up a very small amount of the population, Democracy is supposed to be everyone has the right to vote, but Athens had different ideas of what democracy truly meant.…
Athenian democracy was made up of three important institutions. The first was the ekklesia, the boule, and the dikasteria. The ekklesia made decisions about war and foreign policy, wrote and revised laws and approved or condemned the conduct of public officials. The boule was a group of 500 men, 50 from each of ten Athenian tribes, who served on the Council for one year. The boule met every day and basically dictated how the entire democracy would work. The dikasteria, was more than 500 jurors that were chosen by lot from a pool of male citizens older than 30.…
As Thucydides shows, while he did support Pericles, he didn't necessarily support democracy. The only way that democracy in Athens was successful was under Pericles, and when he passed away, the true nature of democracy was revealed. His successors followed self-serving policies, quarreled among each other, lacked foresight and in general destroyed themselves by internal strife. The people as a whole were too easily influenced and were too interested in personal advancement rather than the good of the state. Thucydides seemed to believe that the best form of government was one which placed authority in the hands of a few wise leaders who were able to overcome personal desires to pursue policy that benefited the state rather than the individual. In other words, Thucydides was in favor of a change to the Spartan…
Ancient Athens was not truly democratic. First off, democracy is a system of government in which power is invested in the people who rule either directly or through freely elected represenative. An example of democracy; You have two treats, the dogs can pick only one treat to eat. I will let them both pick, and not only one. Democracy is equal. Ancient Athens wasn’t.…
Athens system of citizenship lead them to becoming very successful throughout the years because of the work of their citizens. Although the only people who were able to become citizens of Athens were white men, there were requirements that they had to meet in order to become a citizen. (Doc A) These requirements were part of what helped Athens government become so successful and lead to their overall better system. For a man to become a citizen, he first had to complete education and two years of military training. (Doc A) As a result of this, every citizen would be able to contribute to the city, and all would be educated to make the best decisions possible for Athens. Overall, although the rules of citizenship were strict, they ended up benefitting…
“Those that make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” President John F. Kennedy understood the importance of nonviolent protest as a vital component in a democracy. From the founders and the philosophy that went into our founding documents to this very day we can see that peaceful demonstrations against unjust laws or governmental actions have brought about great change and ultimately a healthier climate in society. Peaceful resistance to laws demonstrates the strength of a free society in that the government responds to such protests and that the people do not jump immediately to violence.…