Arkesilaus (315 - 241 B.C.) [Pitane‚ Athens]. As leader of the academy‚ Arkesilaus emphasised Plato’s contention that there is no final truth in sense perception. He opposed the Stoic doctrine of the "irresistible impression" with the contention that even an "irresistible impression" sometimes proves to be false. Therefore‚ he concluded that the wise thing to do is to suspend judgement and not to commit oneself to any belief as final. The best one can do is to calculate probabilities and follow
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a. What were the geographical features of Sparta? The geographical features of Sparta were: * Mt. Taygetus * Eurotas river * Messenia b. Outline the role of the krypteia The krypteia was the secret police force of Sparta. It was run by the ephors who recruited young men and sent them out for a year to spy on the helots. The krypteia were authorised to kill helots‚ especially those who appeared to have the kinds of qualities that might fit them to lead a helot rebellion. c
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Sophocles: Family vs. Law Family‚ an important theme of life‚ gets expressed throughout many ways in society. Family may take precedence over many things‚ including authority and the law. Within the tragic play‚ Antigone‚ the author Sophocles presents situations where the characters have to choose between their family and the law. The characters must choose what is more important to them‚ their family or obeying the laws of Thebes. Throughout the play‚ Sophocles presents a strong theme of
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Family life and different types of family: married couple‚ family with children‚ family with adapted or fostered children (single or a couple takes the child/children in‚ creates a family) What does the bible teach about marriage? “be fruitful and increase in number” (Genesis). “at the beginning of creation God made them male and female”…. “and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two‚ but one” (Jesus‚ in the gospel of Mark) What HELPS stands for: H: heterosexual E: exclusive
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Athens and Sparta were the two great powers of the ancient Greek world. They arose from the same culture and shared many of the same institutions and beliefs. However‚ there were vast differences in the political structures of these two city-states. Athens would become the first democracy that humans would create‚ while Sparta would sacrifice stature and power to maintain the restrictive government and institutional forms needed to prop up their warrior culture. Athenian citizens were counted as
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When the city of Athens stood on the brink of revolution‚ the citizens of Athens looked upon Solon and gave him the task of creating new laws for them because of troubles that had been plaguing them for a long time. “ They saw that he more than anyone else in city‚ stood apart from the injustices of the time and was involved neither in the extortions of the rich nor the privations of the poor” (Plutarch 55‚ Par 1). In this paper I will be writing of changes that took effect under Solon and whether
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Question 1: With reference to source A‚ what does the evidence reveal about the roles and status of women in Spartan society. In Sparta‚ women were well respected and had multiple roles within society. They were given more freedom than in most other Greek societies. The main reason for this was the fact that Sparta had a warrior culture and the men were away either at war or training for war. while the men were away the women had multiple roles. The most important of which was to give birth to healthy
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ANCIENT HISTORY: SPARTA HISTORICAL SOURCES. Geographical Setting: Written Sources: “whose fertility is greater than words can express” (Strabo) Archaeological Sources: They had access to marble‚ iron and bronze‚ this can be seen in the votive offerings left at the temple of Artemis Orthia that are made out of these items. They could hunt animals‚ this is supported by a depiction of Spartiates hunting a boar on Lakonian pottery. Social Structure and political organisation: Written sources:
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Life is full of astounding experiences and significant accomplishments. Unfortunately‚ people only focus on the accomplishments in life. Willa Cather announced “The end is nothing; the road is all.” The writer was explaining how the life experiences along the way can assist others to be greater people in the future. The adventure can teach people numerous things in life. Although multiple people believe that the conclusion is all that matters‚ the adventure will be memorable. The journey is more
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called families. Families are classified into many type most commonly seen are small and large families. Each family follows different traditions; families are differentiated based on family size. A large family and small family both contrast in the parts of individuality‚ attention‚ and budget. Members from large families won’t have break even with individuality contrast with Small families. Small families can have more agreeable and protection. There is more space for each part in little family though
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