... Athenian army against Sparta; he was eighteen in 409, when the Pelopennesian War was still waging. From early age, Plato was familiar with political life because of his mother's connections and his social class. It was probably expected, in fact, that Plato would enter politics as an ... of powerful, wealthy citizens who seized control at the end of the Pelopennesian War and turned Athens into an oligarchy. Plato's feelings about the political takeover may have been mixed, as he was related to Charmides, one of the Thirty, but he certainly did not approve of such a ... . The essential di...

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... Athenian army against Sparta; he was eighteen in 409, when the Pelopennesian War was still waging. From early age, Plato was familiar with political life because of his mother's connections and his social class. It was probably expected, in fact, that Plato would enter politics as an ... of powerful, wealthy citizens who seized control at the end of the Pelopennesian War and turned Athens into an oligarchy. Plato's feelings about the political takeover may have been mixed, as he was related to Charmides, one of the Thirty, but he certainly did not approve of such a ... . The essential di...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... scientific group can aid in the discovery of new ideas and inventions for the benefit of the entire populace. Another example is displayed through the spread of the ideas of Aristotle and Ptolemy to Europe through wars with nearby nations.6 In other words, politically- ignited wars spread the theories and truths of science. As the ideas spread, the old scientific ... theories of an area would reshape to include the new information "forming new scientific theories. Scientific ideas also influenced political behavior. Darnton mentions that mesmerist writing carried the tone of "injured in...

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