Pericles

Politics, literature, and architecture are important in any culture or society. Learning about past societal influences is important so that we understand how the past has influenced present day society and culture. For example, it is important to understand the history of democracy since it is still so widely used and accepted as a political system, and see the moral reasoning behind obeying laws. It is also crucial to culturally educate oneself on the importance of the architecture of the past…

Oedipus the King and Memento Meet the Sophists Halfway “You don’t know who you are … maybe it’s time you started investigating yourself,” says Teddy to Leonard in the critically acclaimed neo-noir film Memento (C. Nolan, 2000). As a result of anterograde amnesia, Leonard does not know that he himself is the very culprit he seeks to punish for killing his wife. The multiple and seemingly conflicting roles of Leonard as detective, criminal, and avenger correspond to those of Oedipus in Sophocles’…

their reign. The key idea to these rulers is that they had power. These rulers had control over their governments which allowed for them to be a dominant part in society. Rulers like Ramses II who commissioned great architectures in Ancient Egypt or Pericles who reformed citizenship in Ancient Athens. These people had the power to control, thus having the power to remember. As long as this power continues through the generations, so will the legacy of monarchy. What today’s monarchy lacks is…

 Musical Notes Can Count Jerri Pineda Abstract— The development of mathematics involves early connections with music and the basic physics of sound. Mathematics is present in the natural occurrence of the ratios and intervals found in music and modern tuning systems. As people age, their hearing becomes dull and require change in the music ratio and interval to hear the same tune as when young. In like manner, the interval increases until a perfect pitch is heard. In this paper we will examine…

When Greece and Rome are brought up, one might not think much of them since they are relics of the past. One of the most fascinating things, in my opinion, is how Western culture uses the discoveries, ideas, and inventions of the Greco-Roman time as its foundation. These surviving ideas from the past not only influence our modern world, but also influence my personal life quite considerably. I did not realize it at first, but a lot of things I do are closely related to the creations and…

easement into the Classical period. In this period Athens achieved its greatest cultural and political heights: the construction of the Parthenon on the Acropolis; the full establishment of the democratic system of government under the Athenian citizen Pericles; the writings of the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides; and the origin of the philosophical schools of Plato and Socrates. The Romans have had almost every type of government there is. They've had a kingdom, a republic, a…

Book Review Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship by Adrienne Clarkson In 2014, television personality, journalist, best selling author, public servant and Canada’s first visible minority Governor General (Koch, 2010), Adrianne Clarkson delivered the CBC Massey Lectures (Nagy, 2014) in which she shared her thoughts through a collection of essays in which she explored citizenship in Canada and what it means to be a citizen of this country by reflecting on her own journey of immigrating as a…

Moreover, because Pericles tried to build a monument to commemorate the glory of Athens before (Pollitt 81), Attalos’ defeat of many invasions gave the country a superior sensation that they were responsible for protecting and inheriting the spirits of Athens as Pericles did. The several confrontations with the invasions of the Gauls were the most important parts of their victories and bronze…

1. INTRODUCTION: In this paper, we will go over the Philosopher Plato and his works as a Philosopher. We will also be going over his life and work. By the end of this paper, we will try to conclude whether his ethical view on the world is ethical and if it would work in modern day society or not. 2. Plato’s early life, family, influence, work, later years, and ethical view. i) A brief talk of his early life. “Plato was born in Athens in 427 BCE. For many years Athens was involved in a very…

Authority and Democracy are both very important factors within society, in regards to the state and the people within society, philosophers such as Plato and J.S Mill both discussed and formed opinions of both authority and democracy. However, both of their views appear to be very different in terms of distribution of education amongst society and the extent of political truth. Throughout this essay, both Plato and J.S Mill’s theories will be explained and analysed to show the differences and…