The Athenian Golden age refers to a period in which there was great prosperity in the City if Athens. And the events that marked this age were characterized by Athens becoming master of the Greek city-states‚ thereby attracting the best architects‚ scientists‚ and philosophers. In that regard‚ Athens became a nation of people‚ of thinkers that were lovers of the arts‚ makers of some of the finest music‚ plays‚ and philosophical ideas to date. Athens attained such power following the victories it
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Classical Philosophy after Aristotle After Aristotle had completed his great speculative system‚ philosophy moves toward a new emphasis. Four groups of philosophers helped to shape this new direction‚ namely‚ the Epicureans‚ the Stoics‚ the Skeptics‚ and the Neoplatonist. They were‚ of course‚ greatly influenced by their predecessors‚ so we find that Epicurus relied upon Democritus for his atomic theory of nature‚ the Stoics made use of Heraclitus’ notion of a fiery substance permeating all things
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Ideal Person REL/133 Abstract For this assignment‚ we have been tasked to describe the ideal person according to Confucius. I will be including the concepts of ren‚ li‚ shu‚ xiao‚ and wen in my writing because these were the major Confucian virtues. Ideal Person There are many ways to describe the perfect person. If someone were to ask me what the ideal person is‚ I would say that the ideal person is one who has strong virtues‚ is a morally
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COURSE: PHL 4220- ASIAN PHILOSOPHY TERM PAPER: INFLUENCE OF HINDU PHILOSOPHY ON MAHATMA GANDHI’S DOCTRINE OF NON-VIOLENCE SEMESTER: SPRING 2013 INFLUENCE OF HINDU PHILOSOPHY ON MAHATMA GANDHI’S DOCTRINE OF NON-VIOLENCE Introduction Nonviolence is the practice of being harmless to self and others under every condition. It comes from the belief that hurting people‚ animals or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and refers to a general philosophy of abstention from violence
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IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY Democracy in simple word means the freedom of speech. A democratic country is where the people are given equal rights and their voice is heard. Unlike here in Pakistan where the people are oppressed or killed‚ if they speak against a certain party or the government. In a democratic country the will of the people should be the basis for the authority of government. According to America’s ex President George W. Bush‚ the ideals of democracy are
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Solution: In Athenians public life‚ the process of making decisions that affect the community is via democracy. However this form of democracy did not grant everyone in the community a say in the government. The only few who have right in government are men‚ free men with complete Athenian parents. According to our discussion forum‚ we discovered that democracy was the rule of the ‘Demos’ which means people that are free‚ native-born of Athens. These classes of citizens are referring to as ‘Thetes’
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In 480 and the years prior the Athenians and Spartans‚ banned together to defeat the Persian Army. The Spartans stand at Thermopylae‚ allowed the Athenians time to prepare‚ and ultimately allowed the victory. With both of these great city-states located so close together in Hellas‚ there differences would ultimately lead to dissension. Throughout the course of this paper‚ I hope to explain the reasoning behind the dissension between Sparta and Athens‚ made war between these former allies inevitable
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Athenian democracy originated and formed from the three definitions of "Demos". First of all‚ Demos is the Greek word for "village"‚ but the Greeks also used this word to translate as "People" and "Assembly". Initially‚ Demos means "Village" because it refers to the first step of democracy. The Athenians had a voting district‚ it was referred to as the "deme" and administrated the Assembly List. In order to qualify for the Assembly list‚ 18 year old males would have to prove to a political official
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language and culture. Young men and women from the Greek city states were sent compete in the Olympic Games. Ancient Greek was divided into several independent city states (Polis). Even though Greeks thought themselves as one people‚ politically they defended their independence from each other. Relation between Greeks and Phoenicians increased during ninth century B.C.E. Geeks adopted the Phoenicians alphabets and on the other side Phoenicians made a way to the regeneration of lost art of Greeks known
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of the art image- What makes art therapy unique? Although visual expression has been used for healing throughout history‚ art therapy did not emerge as a distinct profession until the 1940s. Given its short history‚ “art therapy” exists as a term that describes a collection of diverse practices held together by a belief in the healing value of art making. (American Art Therapy Association [AATA]‚ 2010) Though art making itself is inheritably therapeutic‚ it is the creation of an art object
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