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10 Cards in this Set
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Homer 8th century |
-Legendary blind poet -to be a good person means to have aristocratic values such as strength and bravery -The iliad (long poem): the trojan war between Agamemnon and Achilles -The Odyssey (long journey): Odysseus's journey home after the Trojan war |
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Pre-socratic philosophy |
-there is a transition from Godly to worldly explanations -there is a debate over which element is the most important earth, fire, air and water |
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Athens: Aristotle's types of constitutions |
Just forms: monarchy (the one), aristocracy (the few), polity (the many) Perverted forms: tyranny (the one), oligarchy (the few), democracy (the many) |
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Athens: peloponnesian war 431-404 BCE |
-The war between sparta and Athens and was recorded by Thucydides - sparta: militarised oligarchy -The war between sparta and Athens and was recorded by Thucydides - sparta: militarised oligarchy Two large families developed a largely military society. Women had high levels of rights compared to elsewhere -Athens: participatory democracy Two large families developed a largely military society. Women had high levels of rights compared to elsewhere -Athens: participatory democracy |
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Athens: democracy |
Population: 300,000 Citizenship: 40,000 citizens (adult males with voting rights) 100,000 families of citizens 90,000 metrics (foreigners) 80,000 slaves
12-15% of people were able to vote but there was high levels of parliamentary participation |
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Athens: constitution |
Written by Solon in 594 BCE Ecclesia: popular assembly open to all citizens over 20 Boule: council of citizens randomly selected Courts: council of over 30 randomly selected citizens Parliament was participatory not representative |
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Athens: democratic values |
Isonomia: equality before the law Isegoria: equality of speech Parrhesia: capacity to speak freely Eleutheria: freedom Deliberation: power to persuade |
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Athens: democratic corruption |
- buying of votes - demagoguery: unscrupulous orators, skilled in rhetoric and capable of winning support through flattery and eloquence, rather than truth |
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Socrates 470-399 BCE |
-founder of western philosophy -he turns to ethical questions such as what is happiness and justice rather than what came first (fire water ect.) -socratic method: disproving theories to prove them rather then attempting to approve theories |
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Plato continuation |
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