was a monarchy‚ but Greece was a democracy. The rule of Persia was a very benevolent dictatorship. The Greeks however lacked unity. Greece was not a single political entity‚ but consisted of many different governments. These societies were either oligarchies or monarchies.
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Dexter Luu “A State is as the men are; they grow out of human characters” (Glaucon‚ “The Republic”). In Plato’s “The Republic‚” Socrates‚ Glaucon‚ and Adeimantus discuss five forms of government - aristocracy‚ timocracy‚ oligarchy‚ democracy‚ and tyranny - and the individuals the five systems create. These forms of government are not solely used to define societies‚ however. They can be used to characterize anything‚ such as courses offered at a school. Hercules High School is a good example
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even more thanks to the tendency or instinct to survive by human nature‚ this is what causes the ruler to take advantage of citizens‚ starting a war against perceived enemies when in fact the real enemies are themselves against their government. Oligarchy‚ power vested on a dominant class‚ unstable in an intrinsic way‚ clearly distinction between rich and poor. It doesn’t give importance to specific values‚ temperance and moderation because dominating wasteful tendencies to accumulate money. Timarchy
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Angel Ugalde Was Ancient Athens truly democratic? The definition of democracy is “ rule by the people”‚ so.. was Ancient Athens ruled by the people? No Ancient Athens was not TRULY democratic‚ evidence supports why it wasn’t. “The franchise is open to all men who are of citizen birth by both parents” (Document B) Basically in order to be a citizen‚ both your parents have to‚ and you have to be a male. This is not just. Women should have say in what they believe is right and wrong‚ so pretty much
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The ancient Greece city-states had several different forms of government‚ monarchy‚tyranny‚ oligarchy‚ democracy‚ and aristocracy‚ each with their own strengths and weaknesses. Not all city-states maintained a uniformly way of government‚ and not each city-state maintain a single type of government during that time period. Depending on where you were and when you were determined what government type. A monarch by definition from the website dictionary.com is “a hereditary sovereign‚ as a king
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Democracy‚ as defined by Polybius‚ was a “regime based on effective rule by the people.” In Polybius’ Histories‚ democracy was not based on each citizen having the ‘right to do whatever they wish or propose’ but true democracy relied on “reverence to the gods‚ succour of parents‚ respect to elders‚ obedience to laws‚ are traditional and habitual‚ in such communities” as well as decisions being decided by the majority. It has been agreed upon by most ancient historians that Rome was not a democracy
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Metaphysics: Plato’s greatest contribution to modern society is found in his theories relating to metaphysics. These is now referred to as Platonism (or Exaggerated Realism). Plato divides his world into two aspects: the intelligible world and the perceptual world. The Perceptual world: Plato saw the perceptual world around us as imperfect copies of the intelligible forms or ideas. The Intelligible world: Forms are unchangeable and perfect‚ and only comprehensible by the use of intellect and understanding
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Ancient Greece started during the period called the Archaic age. “During the so-called Greek Dark Ages before the Archaic period‚ people lived scattered throughout Greece in small farming villages. As they grew larger‚ these villages began to evolve.”(Ancient Greece) Just like other countries‚ Ancient Greece did not start off as an advanced civilization‚ but‚ over time‚ Ancient Greece became more advanced and wealthy. Some essential characteristics that helped Ancient Greece become more advanced
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Plato‚ factions will inevitably occur within society‚ the way to address this is viewed in two different ways by Plato and Madison. Plato sees within society an inherent flaw of two cities‚ a city of the rich and a city of the poor. He rejects oligarchy‚ the rule of few over many‚ because he believes that "absolute power corrupts absolutely" and rejects democracy for the incompetence within the system because it lacks people properly schooled in the Plutonian tradition and sees the violence inherent
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he‚ Machiavelli‚ talks about people made to get rid of the ruler that he called "Revolution." After "Revolution‚" government became an "anarchy" and went back to monarchy form of the government. So simply‚ there is monarchy‚ tyrany‚ nobility‚ oligarchy‚ revolution‚ and anarchy form of government that he mentioned. Although he pointed out three good powers and bad powers‚ Machiavelli says that good powers are monarchy‚ nobility‚ and Revolution. These days "The Circle of Government" formed by Check
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