butterflies at every flower” (Sandford). Education was seen as unnecessary to women since they would never use it. For men‚ it was different though. They still had to go to school and learn logic from Aristotle‚ science from Newton‚ and history from Thucydides and Livy. It was expected for boys to attend school to get a good education. These roles were accepted socially and would not change until later in the century. The second half of the 20th century was greatly different from the first half in terms
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Following the Enlightenment‚ philosophical thinkers and social scientists have reduced reason to an instrument and appetite to a drive. All existing narratives of politics‚ if not of international relations‚ find their roots in appetite. Since Thucydides‚ Plato and Aristotle‚ and although manifested in different ways‚ the spirit’s quest for self-esteem1 is universal. Studying the spirit as an important motive in international relations is a hard task because we assume that it can only express itself
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------------------------------------------------- To what extent was Themistocles responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian Wars? Daniel Ashby Themistocles was responsible for the Greek victory in the Persian wars to a considerable extent. The key to Athens’ strength in the 5th Century BC was in this general and statesman and therefore‚ as Greek victory relied so heavily on Athens‚ Themistocles vitally contributed to the outcome of the Persian king’s invasion of 480-479 BC. His early
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Herodotus‚ a 5th-century B.C. Greek historian is considered within the Western tradition to be the "father of history"‚ and‚ along with his contemporary Thucydides‚ helped form the foundations for the modern study of human history. Their work continues to be read today and the divide between the culture-focused Herodotus and the military-focused Thucydides remains a point of contention or approach in modern historical writing. In the Eastern
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Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history.[2] The concept of historic recurrence has variously been applied to the overall history of the world (e.g.‚ to the rises and falls of empires)‚ to repetitive patterns in the history of a given polity‚ and to any two specific events which bear a striking similarity.[3] Hypothetically‚ in the extreme‚ the concept of historic recurrence assumes the form of the Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence‚ which has been written about in various
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underwater nuclear devices)‚ landslides glacier calvings[5] and other mass movements‚ meteorite ocean impacts or similar impact events‚ and other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. The Greek historian Thucydides was the first to relate tsunami to submarine earthquakes‚[6][7] but the understanding of a tsunami ’s nature remained slim until the 20th century and is the subject of ongoing research. Many early geological‚ geographical‚ and oceanographic texts
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How impetuously-based decisions can lead to negative consequences As humans‚ most of our decisions tend to be impetuously-based‚ meaning that the decision was not thoroughly thought through. These decisions often lead to negative consequences of which can greatly effect one’s life as the result or the outcome was never thoroughly considered. But‚ luckily‚ as humans we also possess another side that alters the impetuous thinking into more logical ideas called rationality. Rationality‚ oppose to impetuosity
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Young Pols 3310-Christina Hughes 10/22/13 Machiavelli: The Prince In The Prince‚ Machiavelli introduced a completely different idea of what is a stable government and his definition of what virtue is compared to previous philosophers such as Thucydides‚ Socrates‚ etc. Previous‚ classical philosophers associated virtue with the good in life. In their eyes‚ a virtuous man is an honorable man. In The Republic of Plato‚ Socrates defines virtue as doing something well and in The Prince Machiavelli
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Compare and contrast the work of Hobbes and Kropotkin. Whose writings do you find more convincing and why? In today’s world‚ there is an overwhelming presence of violence‚ war‚ and a lack of peace. Thomas Hobbes and Peter Kropotkin have undoubtedly embedded their names into history as some of the greatest masterminds of political philosophy. In the Hobbes’ Leviathan‚ he launches his strong belief of the muse of states and legitimate governments. Much of the book demonstrates the need of a
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When dealing with complex historical topics‚ it is common for historians to develop systems of identity to impart a historical narrative. This system is developed independently from the various groups the historian wishes to discuss. Thus‚ each system of identity is largely alien to the historical group it seeks to describe. While this may seem contradictory to a historian’s effort to impart a sense of validity to their theses‚ it is necessary as a way for the modern reader to identify with the topic
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