ATHENIAN GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY ATHENIAN GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY Ever wonder where and how democracy began? According to an article entitled “Athenian Government Prior to Democracy”; ancient Athens is credited with having developed one of the first democracies on this earth (1). Blackwell states that the name democracy comes from “demos-people and kratos-power”‚ meaning “power of the people” (2). Mills states that Athenian democracy did not come about easy‚ yet it was through
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Athenian democracy was guided by the principle of isonomy. Isonomy basically means that everyone in Athens is equal before the law‚ and all citizens have equal participation in creating the law (Breaugh‚ 2011). Even though citizens are equal in the political sphere‚ they were not equal in other areas of the polis. The lower classes in Athenian democracy were equal in the sense that they had an equal to vote on the laws‚ and to
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Japan Should Use Renewable Energy Rather Than Nuclear Power To Japanese government and citizens who live near nuclear power plants in Japan‚ do you want your next generation to be handicapped? If you don’t‚ get away from there or suspend nuclear power plants. Do you think it’s safe to live near nuclear power plants? I don’t think so‚ especially if you are living in Japan. Japan should use safe renewable energies‚ such as geothermal energy‚ wind energy‚ solar energy‚ and so on. I recommend that
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Smoking has become a debatable topic in recent years‚ with everyone having his or her own opinion of the issue. There is a sudden push to get everyone to stop smoking. In her essay "I ’d Rather Smoke than Kiss" Florence King takes on the anti-smokers and the way they are treating smokers today. Florence King states how misanthropes (someone who hates people)‚ or "smokists" (King 134) are brutally attacking the society of smokers. In "Smokers on the Run"‚ the first of three sections in the essay
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My fellow Athenians‚ allow me to refresh your memory on the horrific events of the last thirty years. First‚ war with the Spartans‚ who razed our fields of grapes and olives‚ who killed anyone outside of our walls. Next a disease that crawled its way past our protective barrier and into our people. Relatives and friends laid dead in the streets‚ piled on top of each other‚ unburied because of the fear of the contagious plague. Another 30‚000 people no longer with us. After that we had a short period
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Topic: Cars enslave us rather than liberate us. How much effort do you put in travelling to school or workplace each week? Created in 1870‚ cars have been one of the most useful and spectacular inventions of human beings. The society we live in has recently became completely reliant on these fuel-burning vehicles. It is widely discuss whether cars are a blessing or a real nightmare that may lead people astray. As a young driver‚ I firmly believe in the liberating power of cars. Not only do they
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The Athenian golden age is a period known as such because it was a time that Athens had great cultural and economic growth. Consistently is the same time in which athenian politics was at its peak. This period went from 449 to 431 B.C.‚ and is also known as the Age of Pericles. He was the leader general elected in 443 BCE‚ a title that he held until his death in 429 BCE (History.com‚ 2009). The Golden age of Athens came to live right after Athens defeated the Persians in the period of 480–479 BC
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In his eulogy delivered before the Athenians in 431-430 B.C during the Peloponnesian wars‚ Pericles states‚ “we are called a democracy‚ for the administration‚ is in the hands of many and not of the few.” In this quote‚ Pericles is communicating the idea that they are a democracy because the type of government that they have is special to them as well as very inclusive‚ unlike other governments at the time. The eulogy of Pericles should be considered accurate to a moderate extent because while on
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The Athenian Government. Good morning‚ ladies and gentlemen and chairperson. Before I begin‚ I would like to point out some imperfections in the previous speaker’s case. She mentioned that........ (insert first rebuttal point) Also‚ she made the allegation that..... (insert second rebuttal point). Our first speaker praised our wondrous military. I will be continuing my team’s argument that Athens is far superior to Sparta by examining the mindset of the Athenian government. To prove/support my belief
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Research ´with´ rather than ´on´ People (Heron & Reason) Table of contents 1 Introduction to co-operative inquiry 1 2 Four phases of co-operative inquiry 1 3 Different forms of co-operative inquiry 2 4 Co-operative inquiry cultures 2 5 Ways of knowing 2 6 Inquiry skills and validity procedures 2 7 Words and questions 3 Bibliography 4 Introduction to co-operative inquiry The article “The Practice of Co-operative Inquiry: Research ´with´ rather than ´on´ People” by
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