In America‚ the ideal citizen is often viewed as one who is concerned with freedom‚ justice‚ equality‚ honesty‚ and is actively involved in the government around them. This generalized concept of a real American is usually recognized throughout our country. In ancient Greece‚ however‚ a model citizen in Athens would be considered severally lacking in character if they were transplanted in Sparta. Ancient Greek cities‚ like Athens and Sparta‚ differed greatly in their idea of the ideal citizen in
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exclaimed that this was not a good decision. He believed that “you would have to be simple-minded to believe that people can be deterred‚ by force of law or by anything else that is frightening‚ from doing what human nature is earnestly bent on doing” (Thucydides‚ p.73). Diodotus believes that no matter what the penalty is‚ if a single person or group of people is set on doing something‚ they will do it. He is suggesting to Cleon and Athens that the Mytileneans would risk possible death from disobeying unjust
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decision-making and in last part I will talk about Socrates use of cross-examination to find out the meaning of the oracle’s message. As a source of information I am going to use Plutarch’s essays Pericles and Alcibiades‚ Plato’s Apology and Crito‚ and Thucydides’ Peloponnesian War. I The meaning of sophism. In Athens all young aristocrats were getting traditional education in gymnasium. They studied music‚ poetry‚ mathematics‚ athletics‚ etc. But for some wealthy aristocrats it was not the only education
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issues in International relation is pessimistic view of The Classical Realism against the optimistic view of The Classical Liberalism. The theory of The Realism came from ancient times. This theory was first time established in Greece in 431 BC by Thucydides. The Theory of The Realism is defined as in favour of using of power to bring to realization the interest of nation. They have a pessimistic view of human nature and high regard for the values of national security .The realist are more sceptics
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relations with allies. ’The Athenians and their Allies’ was an organisation led by the Athenians in the 5th century‚ but is now referred to as the ’Delian League’ or the ’Confederacy of Athens.’ The official aim of the League was‚ according to Thucydides‚ "to compensate themselves for their losses [of the Persian War] by ravaging the territory of the King of Persia." The long term aim of the League was to ensure the freedom of the Greeks and prepare them for any future wars to come. This makes the
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on his work. Thucydides (written after herodotus) died about writting ab out the peloponnesian war (two greek cities) Home wrote about greeks and trojans. spartan and athens (the two cities) write clearly and plainly (paper) Biggest loser (thucydides gets kicked out of his own city) Thucydides is a participant talking to the ppl there he is seeing hearing things Herodotus (was telling a story--some ppl say--its a story he heard and is not repeating it) Thucydides says this is what
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Introduction HIS100 History of Western Civilization to Middle Ages Lesson 5 Quiz This assignment is worth a total of 60 points. Please make sure you have answered all questions prior to submitting. Once you click the submit button‚ you will not be able to return to this section. Question 1 of 60 What type of columns does the Parthenon have? | Alsacian | | Ionic | | Corinthian | | Doric | Question 2 of 60 In 490 B.C.E. the Athenians defeated the Persians at the Battle
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Compared to the Thucydides Melian Dialogue one can see the effects of the Security Dilemma unfold and the consequence of high tensions between states unravel into sure anarchy. Nevertheless‚ Japan decided to increase those tensions drastically on December 7‚ 1941. Japanese
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The Peloponnesian War shook the Greek world so forcefully that Thucydides believed “it would be a great war‚ and more worthy of relation than any that had preceded it”. It spanned nearly thirty years‚ as Sparta and Athens grappled for power over the Greek world. Its length can be traced to many factors‚ however‚ for the sake of brevity‚ I have narrowed it down to three main reasons. Firstly‚ Sparta and Athens underestimated each other and overestimated themselves. Secondly‚ Athens and Sparta were
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realist one is classical realist and the other is contemporary realism. classical realism is basically normative approach and focuses on the core political values of national security and state survival. and the three basic classical realist are Thucydides : political fate‚ necessity and security‚ political survival‚ safety Machiavelli :political agility‚ opportunity and security‚ political survival‚ civic virtue hobbes: political will ‚security dilemma ‚political survival ‚peace and felicity
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