Pericles

one’s conscience. (Haigh) Antigone was the third and final installment of Sophocles popular trilogy after Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus (Sayre). Sophocles, who lived from 496-406 BCE was a treasurer for Athenian polis, a general under Pericles and a financial advisor for the Athens during the Peloponnesian Wars as well as being a playwright (Sayre). He was an extremely influential and significant figure in fifth century BCE Athens. He wrote many plays, but only 7 survived, Antigone…

Ancient Greece Periods that Affected People and Philosophical Views In Ancient Greece, there were two completely different periods, the Hellenic and the Hellenistic periods. There was also the evolution from monarchy to democracy in Athens and a military focus in Sparta. Athens may have been considered better off because they were seen as valuing democracy, having wisdom, beauty, and physical excellence. But the Spartans man and women had to be tough and a defender. They valued courageousness.…

how these relations are still similar to those of the postmodern ages. Thucydides gives a variety of views via a selection of actors, and whilst he interrupts the narrative together with his personal voice, for instance when commenting on the post- Pericles political competition that came about in Athens or at the Corcyran stasis, his remarks, as can be proven, are often not directly critical of certain propositions. Actors such as the Corcyrans, and mostly with the Athenians are introduces…

When William Shakespeare was born in the mid 1500s, the world did not know what talent and what change to the world he would bring. Shakespeare was a brilliant man with many talents. Because of his education and many different influences, Shakespeare developed a great skill for writing, becoming the greatest English playwright. William Shakespeare was a well-known poet and playwright. Almost a dozen years before the theatre in London opened, a man by the name of William Shakespeare was…

Charles Peirce’s “The Doctrine of Necessity Examined” ‘Against absolute chance is inconceivable’ is the third argument examined by Charles S. Peirce in “The Doctrine of Necessity Examined”. Necessitarianism or Determinism is a principle that refuses all simple possibility, and affirms that there is exactly a single way in which the world can be. Determinism refers to the philosophical theory which states that all man’s capability of conscious choice, decision, and intention is invariably…

The history of abnormal behaviors and mental illness has been a very controversial topic filled with trials and tribulations. According to the references of abnormal behaviors in the early writings, the Egyptians, Greeks, Chinese and Hebrews often attributed it to demons or gods who had taken possession of a person. The individual’s symptoms would determine whether they would be perceived as being possessed by evil or good forces. If the individual displayed behaviors gravitating towards a…

Men throughout history have been held to a very high standard. A certain criterion that was especially expected among a certain class of individuals. These personages, such as, those of noble birth were raised in these morals since birth. Castiglione’s Courtier, however, was a little bit different type of gentleman, not only was he required to maintain and exceed these ideals, he was supposed to have an ample amount of insouciance about him. There are three distinct areas that this courtier was…

Piecing together the history of the ancient Greeks requires using a number of different sources and references. The ancient historians, such as Herodotus and Thucydides, were not omnipotent and their works did not include every relevant fact about the history of Greece. Because of this need for additional information, modern historians must refer to other sources to gain knowledge about the past. Luckily for them, the Greeks customarily inscribed a great amount of information about their…

disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.” Mocking the instability of a democracy, Plato and Machiavelli both agree to leave the masses out of politics. Evident from past historical contexts, rulers such has Julius Caesar, Pericles, Napoleon, and Adolf Hitler all rose to power from a democracy. Knowing the effects of distributing equal amounts of power to the people, both men view the human nature as erratic and…

On the one hand, both therapies suggest a disenchantment with the overtly political world of a Pericles or Thucydides, Athenian or Spartan. So, they can be seen as direct reactions to the philosophy of both Plato and Aristotle. On the other hand, the Stoics and Epicureans also reflect profound social changes within Greece itself. Greek society had…