Polis

addition to Creon and Antigone’s equally justified viewpoints, to empathize how familial love and civil duties are equally important. In the recently war torn Thebes, Creon steps up as a leader, playing the valiant king who dictates for the good of his polis, regardless of the personal costs. As king, Creon does what is expected of him as a ruler and…

realism and idealism, and a strong, tenacious patriarchal system and these qualities are shown in Antigone. After conquering the Persian wars Athens cultivated a sense of pride, euphoria, and chauvinism among the community. In fact, the largest polis was Athens. The well-known pride of the Greek citizens flourished into achievements such as drama, democracy, art, architecture, music, mathematics, philosophy, poetry, sports, and sciences. For example, the Olympic…

Rousseau begins his argument on the conception of freedom that goes contradictory to that of Mill. In this sense, he suggests that society must undergo a transformation or transition from the natural state to the civil state society, and that this society may be considered both free and subject to some legitimate form of political authority. Rousseau believes that this political authority is not found in the natural state, which he considers limited only by the power of natural superiority or…

were regarding how our government functions, and about specific issues that people are passionate about. Students who are interested in this internship should take at least an intro to American Government class. Having taken AP Gov in high school, and Poli Sci 002 before this internship gave me knowledge that proved invaluable in our work. This internship does not specifically have to be for Political Science majors, but having some understanding of the political sciences is very…

citizens close to the gods will view true reality and understand the importance of using their power for the common good. Plato’s allegory proves to be a influential no matter what the time in history. At its origin in Greece, it taught people in the polis how to selflessly use their knowledge of philosophy and rhetoric to benefit society instead of…

In the grand ideas of justice and “the good” a disputed concept is the notion of goodness and the former being mutually exclusive. However, this may be a misconception. Justice and “the good” are not necessarily good, we have been taught the world is much more complex than that, and society is filled with as many uncertainties as it is filled with people. This complexity is similar in their relation to art, the practice of art does have a relation to these ideas, but art may serve them in a…

Tipping the Scales Over the last decade, the majority of people are eating fast food. This one meal is often two-thirds to 2,000 calories, the recommended calories for one day. Studies show that a bacon clubhouse crispy chicken sandwich, a large fry, mozzarella sticks with marinara sauce and an oreo-mcflurry is an outrageous total of 2,010 calories (Johnson). After one meal from a fast food restaurant, people are almost guaranteed to gain weight if you are not active. The United States is…

Around 427 BCE, the philosopher Plato was born in Athens as a part of a noble Athenian lineage, although as time went on, an admiration for Sparta began to grow in Plato’s ideal state or government. This tendency to Sparta would have been caused by the trial of his teacher, Socrates, in which the Athenian democracy condemned him to kill himself by drinking hemlock poison due to accusations of impiety and corrupting the youth in Athens. Another reason of why Plato based his political ideas on…

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