discuss. However‚ Pico published an apologia about it-- explanation and defense of the idea after the fact‚ but also a genuine apology-- in which he reprinted the speech he had planned to give at the beginning of the disputation. This speech‚ the Oration on the Dignity of Man‚ is now the work for which he is principally remembered. It’s one of the core documents of humanism‚ because it proposes the idea that humanity has dignity and worth not necessarily because of the place we occupy in the order
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Re-Writing the Creation Story: How Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s Oration on the Dignity of Man Influenced the Renaissance and Man’s Perception of Himself In the time before the Renaissance‚ there were two commonly accepted stories of the world’s Creation: those expressed in the first chapters of Genesis. These stories captured the work of God as he brought about the universe‚ the plants‚ the animals‚ and the humans‚ and they chronicled the fall of Adam and Eve‚ who used the free will that God
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September 22‚ 2011 Writing assignment #1: Summarize and analyze Pericles’ speech‚ as recounted by Thucydides. In Thucydides‚ “The Funeral Oration of Pericles”‚ I will analyze and summarize the excerpts used within our primary source course packet to comment upon the core questions of being human‚ having purpose‚ the natural world and the just society that was created by the great civilization of Athens. The oration that Pericles delivers at the funeral for the fallen soldiers in the first year
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war. When there is war‚ death usually is not too far behind‚ and when there are deaths there are funerals. One hundred fifty two years ago‚ Abraham Lincoln devised a speech known as the “Gettysburg Address.” After comparing the speech to “Pericles Funeral Oration”‚ one can infer that they are similar to each other for they both speak on the topics of fallen soldiers‚ war‚ and the affect it has upon their nation. In the “Gettysburg Address‚” Abraham Lincoln speaks on the deaths of the fallen soldiers
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Athenian artistic performances were they a form of propaganda? The “glory that was Greece” reached its height in 5th century BCE in Athens‚ under the leadership of Pericles. He opened Athenian democracy to the ordinary citizen‚ was responsible for the construction of magnificent temples and statues on the Acropolis and he‚ in effect created the Athenian empire. The definition of propaganda is “the planned use of any form of public or mass-produced communication designed to affect the minds of
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before the Common Era. Two great speeches which prove that patriotism was just as alive two thousand years ago as it is today are "The Funeral Oration of Pericles" and President George W. Bush’s honorary speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Greeks‚ especially the Athenians‚ were extremely proud of their achievements. In Pericles’ funeral oration to the Athenians for the men who died in the Peloponnesian War‚ he stated‚ "I would have you day by day fix your eyes upon the greatness of Athens
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that they were the driving force that led Greece and all of its city-states. Specifically‚ the historian focuses on the funeral oration presented by Pericles. Pericles‚ ironically‚ doesn’t display sorrow but displays comfort and proud of what each individual has contributed to Athens. For Pericles‚ it wasn’t about the tragic fatalities but about courage and patriotism. Pericles believes in Athens and knows that this city-state possesses many freedoms and opportunities for success and peace. This piece
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Study Guide Fall 2012 POS 340 ASU Figures: Lycurgus Solon Pericles Aeschylus Sophocles Orestes Athena Antigone Creon elenchos nomos demos idiotes polis agon paideia demagogue philosopher king/queen theory of the Forms the Good divided line allegory of the cave myth of Er cycle of decline 5 types of constitutions Socratic ignorance examined life soul/psyche funeral oration Peloponnesian War Mytilenian debate Melian dialogue heroic virtues Greek
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the theme of honor the most is the “Funeral Oration of Pericles Book II”. Thucydides speaks of how great the Athenian culture is and
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Ancient Greek Cultural Values (Fiero 76-136) rational explanations experiential extensions Pericles’ Funeral Speech (88-89) the Iliad (81-84) Aristotle’s Poetics (99) the Antigone (92-98) Plato’s Crito (102-104) Sappho’s poems (128) Plato’s Allegory of the Cave (104-107) Pindar’s Odes (128) Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics (109-110) Vitruvius on Symmetry (114-116) * * * * *
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