... 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 ... of "injured innocence and opposition to the scientific establishment.""7 This excerpt portrays an avenue in which this scientifically- based group evolved over time to include a strong aspect of radical politics. The Mesmerists wrote...

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... 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 intelligent young man of the ruling class. However, a pair of events turned Plato away from politics entirely. The first was the assumption of power by the Four Hundred and the Thirty, groups of powerful, wealthy citizens who seized ... a young age. But whatever relief he might have felt about the restoration of the Democracy disappeared when it executed his mentor, Socrates. There was no place for Plato in practical politics. The caution that...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... 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 intelligent young man of the ruling class. However, a pair of events turned Plato away from politics entirely. The first was the assumption of power by the Four Hundred and the Thirty, groups of powerful, wealthy citizens who seized ... a young age. But whatever relief he might have felt about the restoration of the Democracy disappeared when it executed his mentor, Socrates. There was no place for Plato in practical politics. The caution that...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate