... deceit over true virtue was how Sophists justified their underhanded deeds. In that lies Socrates's fatal oversight. He dealt with reason and assumed people were reasonable; however, reason rarely guides politics. The mockery of his teaching, as portrayed in the allegories of the day, wasn't aimed at embarrassing him. The jury pool was being tainted. Socrates had the Sophists trying their ... the abandonment of material possessions and the yearning for virtue; in fact it took nearly fifteen hundred years before anyone could follow up and expand on his works (Plato and Aristotle could gr...

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... liberty for more people, especially to women. Both Athenian and Spartan women lived much of their lives separately from the men of their societies. Athenian men spent time away discussing politics and philosophy, but when they went home they expected obedience from their wives. However, no Athenian citizen would ever admit that he took advice from a woman. Spartan men were gone ... this time. It proves that they were able to succeed if they were willing to be deemed unrespectable. Most Greek women, however, did not get an education. The famous philosopher Aristotle said; "between the se...

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... institution became closely linked to the discussions and events that appeared in the Bema, so both building were used to inform and educate the people of Athens. This according to Aristotle was the main goal of the theatre, to create happiness to the audience while educating it - "Learning is a very great pleasure". The theatre also showed the hierarchical status of the ... language, a language which dominates that various arenas and practices of city life". The city of Athens was designed for speeches to be heard, and there would be continuous speeches about politics, justice and aid, ...

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