Plutarch

how to effectively rule. He refers to Scipio to illustrate how leaders must maintain order and be feared by their followers. In this allusion, he is referencing both the example of Scipio and the method of Plutarch, while drawing his details from Livy (47) <n. 1>. The allusion to Scipio, Plutarch, and Livy reflects humanistic values as humanists partially based their ideas on the examples of antiquity. The genre that The Prince is written in and the examples from antiquity that…

In Plato’s Republic, there are many ideas that Plato likes to discuss using his characters, like Socrates. Plato uses the Republic to talk about the ideal political system, which in this case is an aristocracy, and why he believes it to be the best. Plato believes that an ideal society comes from a structured political body. This consists of three main classes of people: people who produce such as farmers or artisans, warriors, and rulers. The society is correct when those three classes have…

. Choosing A Partner The restricted Athenian women did not have opportunities to socialize with young males, so it was their father, brother or other male legal guardian who chose a suitable husband. The fathers of the bride and the groom to be, would meet before witnesses and agree to marry their children, without of course asking them to attend or consent. This agreement, though only verbal, was legally binding. In ancient Athens, the appropriate age for marriage was between 12 to 16 for women…

conventional; although Epicurus agrees that all atoms possess no qualities, he opposes Democritus’ posit of the convention of compounds and instead claims that varieties of qualities emerge when the characterless atoms form compounds.(The polemic of Plutarch, Pg 71) … Moreover, he dismisses Democritus’ idea of the possibility of every size of an atom because that would introduce the possibility of the existence of large atoms, which would be visible to the naked eye, thus contradicting the…

of his change as a person, and his acceptance of himself and others made it possible for him to be the best version of himself. He changed over time, as do we all, meaning it is impossible for our identities to be determined in our earliest years. Plutarch once posed the question of Theseus’s ship, about how the identity of the ship, as it was replaced bit by bit completely over time, remained the same or changed (Cumming and Collier 4). That is what people do, changing themselves over time.…

first scene we can see how Lear violates the principle: he succumbs to flattery. Here Foucault introduces two stoic concepts, anger and flattery, to illustrate the structure of power relation: the discussion of anger, in the context of Seneca and Plutarch, is about the superiority’s abuse of power to its inferior: father to his wife, children, and slaves; the Prince to his subjects. One’s anger means his uncontrollability of oneself, in case of authority, it means he fails to care himself and…

Marcus Brutus: A Tragic Hero Bound by Radical Idealism William Irwin Thompson once said, “Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply a hysterical and unbalanced rage for order amidst their own chaos.” Brutus as we generally think about him is seen as patriotic, honorable, self controlled, stoic and quite possibly impractical. In many arguments, Brutus has simply fallen victim to Cassius’s radical idealism, manipulation,and tactfulness. However…

When it comes down to the fight that took place between the brothers, both of them took place for widely differing reasons. In the case of Romulus and Remus, they quarreled over who would ultimately take the throne of Rome. Under the surface, Romulus and Remus both of them want the throne, and proclaim that their signs from god as evidence to why they should be proclaimed king. This is complicated by their being multiple interpretations of why Romulus ended up slaying Remus, with Livy saying…

the people. The way he portrayed himself to people was critical to the publics eye. “When he felt it was necessary, Alexander could be brutal, and his show of force brought the Greek cities back into line. But Alexander also could be merciful, as Plutarch demonstrates in the story of Timoclea…Aleander was so taken by her bravery that he let her and her children go free” (Kidner et.a;, 98). His personality as a king was to show firmness as well as a caring heart to the people. During his time as…

Alexander the Great is credited with being an exceptional ruler who conquered the majority of the known word. Accomplishing some of the most impressive and elaborate conquerings in the 300s BCE, Alexander the Great had an empire spanning from Egypt to Asia. Alexander was able to achieve such victories through his short life because of his father, his army, and his impeccable leadership abilities. A lot of the accomplishments made by Alexander the Greats can be attributed to his father…