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What were the characteristics of Greek City States? |
1. The Greek City States had no centralized government 2. Consisted of the city and the surrounding country side. 3. Some had colonies 4. Each city state had a different government |
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What was Athens like in Ancient Greece? |
-Athens was the first democratic government in which some of the people shared power -The birthplace of many significant ideas which were developed by intellectuals. |
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What was Sparta like? |
-Sparta had a militarized government -Ruled by an oligarchy two kings and an oligarchy (small group of people who had control) -Spartans lived the military lifestyle; they were under a strict regime |
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Greek Economy |
-Greeks were farmers, fishermen, miners and traded heavily. -Major Powers in Greece were the Persians and the Phoenicians -Slaves played a key role in the economy. |
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Traveling Intellectuals |
-Intellectuals such as Plato, Aristotle and Socrates traveled to gain experience and be exposed to other methods of thinking. -They would meet up with each other and share ideas about their views on the world -These men were well off and had time to think -These intellectuals came up with some of the most significant ideas which many are still being discussed today. |
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What is methodology? Greek critical thinkers contributed to this. |
-a way to analyze ideas -critical thinking |
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Socratic Method |
1. To learn, you have to be open minded and accept that you could be wrong. 2. Interconnection and consistency between different branches of knowledge -world view has to be consistent -if there is any inconsistency in your view, then you have to question everything in your knowledge 3. Importance of Reasoning -your view on things has to make sense and be backed by logic -your view has to be jusified by reasoning 4. Importance of questions -Asking questions will make you think critically as each question leads to another question |
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Pythagorean Harmony (Ideal Society) |
1. Every system consists of parts that live in harmony -extremes can co-exist and live in harmony 2. Diversity is important -Diversity creates innovation -Diverse parts that live in great harmony improve each other 3. Music -each sound is different and makes different music 4. The Universe: Stars exist in harmony 5. Biology: Different organisms live in harmony -enforces idea that diversity enriches society -again proves that extremes can coexist.
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Xenophon |
-Xenophon was a traveling intellectual who developed the idea of efficiency. |
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Xenophon's Principles of Efficiency |
A. Division of Labor 1. Specialization: each member of society should do what they are good at; it would be inefficient otherwise. -society should produce the maximum output of the given amount of resources. B. Good Leadership -if a leader is not knowledgeable, he will not gain the respect of his followers. C. Importance of Order 1. an efficient organization has to have order -learned from observing how Phoenicians had goods in order (like at supermarket aisles) when trading D. Accountability 1. Checks and Balances: should have separate branch checking leader's power -Leader who is not accountable becomes reckless 2. Good leader designates power to deputies. 3. Leader has to make society stable |
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Plato's Approach to Division of Labor
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A. Certain jobs require different skill sets 1. Skills are acquired at birth B. Division of Labor increases productivity and quality C. Some Tasks are Timely -Harvest will not wait for farmer |
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Aristotle's Contribution to Price Theory |
A. Goods are evaluated differently by different people. B. Price is in between what the buyer is willing to pay and the price the seller is willing to sell at. C. Harmonic Mean is a way of arriving at a price for the transaction |
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Aristotle's Approach to Wealth |
A. Aristotle believed in Private property 1. People will take care of property if it's theirs. B. You should share income with community. 1. Do not over consume C. Sources of Wealth 1. Agriculture is an ethical method of wealth accumulation 2. Trade is unethical because it could lead to unlimited wealth |
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Aristotle's Contribution to Monetary Theory |
A. Money is a Medium of Exchange 1. Money makes trade efficient 2. Money is used to pay for goods and services B. Store of Value 1. Money allows you to postpone consumption; you can save it for later C. Unit of Account 1. Measures the value of all the goods |
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Roman Empire: Feudal Structure |
Land is broken up into 3 parts 1. Land managed by peasants and harvest mainly go to peasants. 2. Land managed by feudal lord which was worked by peasants. 3. Common Land: Both peasants and landlords used it for grazing animals. |
