This re-identification of the distinctive features of democracy and aristocracy marks the end of the way democracy had been understood for over two millennia. From this turning point on, 'democracy' means something different than the classical democracy of Athenian type. This chapter describes the ...
So what’s James’ endgame anyway? And what’s the deal with the Lord of the Rings? And can you be pro-freedom if you’re for mandatory vaccines? Good questions! Find out the answers to these and other burning queries in this edition of Questions For Corbett. ...
Rooted in the bias of Greek intellectuals, the text argues, hostility to Athenian democracy gained strength from the propensity of Western thinkers to read history backward and infer the impotence of Athens's form of government from the... J. Roberts 被引量: 30发表: 2011年 War memory, nation...
A dive into the history of the Parthenon Marbles' arrival at the British Museum in London in the 19th century.
athens took over the leadership of the greek world. under pericles, who was a dominant figure in athenian politics between 461 b.c and 429 b.c, athens expanded its new empire abroad. at the same time, democracy flourished at home. this period of classical athenian and greek history, wh ...
Thealterableaspectsofhumanbeingsarefocusof legislatorinsystemofpubliceducation(Bk8). Athenianeducationwasprivate; Aristotlebelievesthatcultivationofexcellenceis acollectiveconcern. NatureofSoul&itsends(7.14) Twoparts: –Rational(mind) –Irrational,appetites(body) Inferiorexistsforsakeofsuperior:bodyformind; Consi...
After wintering before it, they became masters of the place on its evacuation by the barbarians2; and after this they sailed away from Hellespont to their respective cities. Meanwhile the Athenian people, after the departure of the barbarian1 from their country, at once proceeded to carry ...
By 399 BCE, Socrates was 70 years old. He had been a well known figure in Athens, revered by some people for his unsparing quest for wisdom and truth. He was also mocked by a lot of Athenians for his unusual looks (short and ugly), annoying personal manner, and odd interests. He ...
This re-identification of the distinctive features of democracy and aristocracy marks the end of the way democracy had been understood for over two millennia. From this turning point on, 'democracy' means something different than the classical democracy of Athenian type. This chapter describes the ...
The orthodox date (519) was the date of an original Peisistratid-Plataian alliance that did not lead to hostilities with Thebes. Instead, it is in the context of the foundation of the Athenian democracy and the subsequent clashes with Thebes after 507/6 that the Herodotean nar...