power and Sparta is on land After that Athens began to take power/empire over Greece He didn’t record exactly what happened but recreated them - moments He included his large/general judgements about human nature About human nature Democracy as a form of political regime Theorist who educates our judgement on political questions ie justice Did not imagine any utopian politics Views politics to critically be evaluated What significance does Thucydides have in theoretical level
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American Democracy: A Real Democracy or Hidden Oligarchy? The United States was founded with the intent that class distinction and rigid social structure were the things left behind in the old world. Life‚ liberty‚ and pursuit of happiness were the basis that created the American dream from the very beginning. The state where people face promise of political democracy‚ wide range of civil liberties‚ opportunity for economic prosperity‚ and equality between each and every citizen. “Government
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devoted friends‚ and pupils like Crito. Plato was one of Socrates’ students‚ and he is considered to be most brilliant student of Socrates. In fact‚ Plato is the major source of knowledge about Socrates’ life. Socrates questioned and cross-examined Athenians about their moral‚ religious‚ and political beliefs. People found it difficult to understand him. His habits were strange‚ and his arguments were hard to understand. Socrates created a revolution in Greek philosophy. Plato portrayed this revolution
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To explain the difference between Direct‚ Representative‚ and Constitutional Democracy you must first know what each one means. Direct Democracy according to the dictionary “is a form of democracy in which people decide policy initiatives directly”. For example‚ in Switzerland‚ federal laws and changes to the national constitution must be voted on by the citizenry (Rainer Benz‚ 2003- 2015). Representative Democracy is a Government in which the people elect those who govern and pass laws; also called
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Russian Democracy I find Russia to be an interesting democracy because it transformed from a communist country living underneath a series of dictators for the better part of the twentieth century to electing their first president ever by popular vote in such a short period of time. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 the Soviet Union began to rapidly collapse. By 1991‚ Boris Yeltsin was elected the first ever president by popular vote. On December 8‚ 1991 Yeltsin and leaders of the Ukraine and Belarus
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But as we know‚ Athenian democracy came to a bitter end due to incompetent leadership and rampant political corruption. This second experiment into democracy is no different‚ if we do not take care of it‚ if we do not ward of political corruption‚ modern democracy might come to an end as well. There are several factors that we can observe today leading to a degradation of democratic values
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Pericles and why is he important to Greece? Author: Mrs. Lori Miller Class/Grade Level: Social Studies/6th grade CT Standards: SS6S2C2PO7— Describe the development of the following types of government and citizenship in ancient Greece and Rome • democracy • republics/ empires SS6S3C4PO3— Describe the importance of citizens being actively involved in the democratic process. (e.g.‚ voting‚ student government‚ involvement in political decision making‚ analyzing issues‚ or petitioning public officials)
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Aulularia is a comedic play written by Titus Maccius Plautus during a time when Athens was one of‚ if not the most powerful city-states in all of Europe. For this great society‚ historians use literary works to research and understand what the period was like. Aulularia is great play that can help historians investigate how slaves were‚ through Plautus’ humor you can catch how marriage and pro-creation is done and viewed in Ancient Athens. Titus Maccius Plautus‚ born sometime around 254 B.C.E.
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also God prays for our city. God created us and gave life to us to work corporately to serve our country. Also‚ this speech talked about life after death‚ and they said those people who died for their country‚ they will have better life. People from Athenian respect their families because they died to protect people in Athens. They are the top person in the
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Olynthus had defeated and even though we have Athenian citizenship‚ and living here‚ we are still Olynthian to you. But we have been putting a lot of effort to build this little shelter for Olynthian. I heard that you are accusing Marcus for provoking an assembly. We absolutely know the law that whoever causes a gathering and assembly will put to death. I can promise you that he didn’t gather the assembly. Cleon: As being a representative of Athenians let me talk to you. I don’t care who you are
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