Boyadjis 1 Lucy Boyadjis English 1H Ms. McGrover 20 October 2014 What Does it Take to be a Good Leader? Throughout history‚ there have been an endless amount of leaders that shaped the world into what it is today. Leaders like Abraham Lincoln‚ Pericles‚ Nelson Mandela‚ and countless others who changed the lives of many people around the world. But what made these figures so powerful was not just what they did‚ but how they did it. A strong leader must aid the people around them in reaching their full potential to achieve a goal
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of Government. Government is a system of control citizens‚ societies and states. It is important to have a government so you can control society as well as your armed forces for protection. As seen in document 3‚ which is a excerpt from Pericles’ funeral oration‚ the ancient greeks were one of the first to have a democracy. Though the Athenians had a democracy it was limited and direct. This means that only males from the Aristocracy could vote and that there was a lottery to determine who would
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The Carnage of Just Speech William Myers Section Eschenburg Thursday 9:00am Topic B Aristophanes & Pericles In Aristophanes’ play‚ “clouds”‚ there is a battle between the “old” and “new” way of going out about life. This can be seen through the “just” and “unjust” speech‚ whose argumentative outcomes dictate the way in which society should go about educating its citizens. The “unjust speech”‚ which is a heavy logical and manipulative approach to thinking
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Marc Stier’s Home Page • IH51 Home Page • IH52 Home Page • How to Reach Me • Syllabus • Texts • Paper Topics • Examination Questions • Notes Individual and Community Introductory note: this is not an outline of the entire funeral oration but an interpretation of some central theme of the work‚ the way in which individuals serve the common good by pursuing their own ends. The first part of the speech focuses on the contribution of the democratic constitution of Athens to the good
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Despite being at war for such a long time‚ Athens made their culture most memorable in our world’s history. Athens‚ located in Attica was rather small surprisingly‚ smaller then Rhode Island. Athens was known for it’s talent; like we know today‚ Pericles‚ Plato‚ Socrates and more. While Athens Greece was prospering‚ China was suffering. During this period‚ Confucius lived and taught. His teachings had a rather big influence on Han China and China’s Golden Age. Chinese achievements rivaled the achievements
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For example‚ the famous Funeral Oration delivered by Pericles in 431 BCE as a tribute to those who died during the first year of Peloponnesian War makes no mention of gods or souls or an afterlife. Instead‚ Pericles emphasizes that those who were killed did so for the sake of Athens and that they would live on in the memories of its citizens. Greek artists were the first
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to understand the different systems and how they were based. The goal is to analyze some of the different ideologies and find why they were thought to be so good‚ and what made them good. To begin there is Pericles’ Funeral Oration written by Thucydides‚ which documents a speech that Pericles used to address a crowd in Athens‚ comparing Athens to most notably‚ Sparta. It is evident that Athenians were certain that Athens was the greatest‚ “When you realize her greatness‚
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The History of the Peloponnesian War is a historical account of the Peloponnesian War‚ which was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Delian League (led by Athens). It was written by Thucydides‚ an Athenian historian who also happened to serve as an Athenian general during the war. His account of the conflict is widely considered to be a classic and regarded as one of the earliest scholarly works of history. The Histories are divided into eight books by editors of later
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so motivational. Plato taught Alexander the Great. Plato also believed that humans have the ability to think and make decisions (Doc 2). Another long lasting effect that the Ancient Greeks had to Western Civilization was government. Pericles’ Funcial Oration was given to the Athenians in about 430 B.C. The Athenians treated everyone equal under the law as their government was democratic. Athens was ruled by many people and it was encouraged that everybody should participate based on ability not
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government in their hands; democracy‚ the opposite‚ when the indigent‚ and not the men of property‚ are the rulers. Aristotle‚ Greek philosopher and Athenian‚ from The Athenian Constitution‚ c. 330 BCE about life before the reforms of Solon and Pericles in the 4th century BCE Not only was the constitution at this time oligarchical in every respect‚ but the poorer classes---men‚ women‚ and children---were in absolute slavery to the rich. They were known as pelatai and also as hectemori‚ because
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