... moral is down and changes occur among men's attitudes; this is one of the effects of war. Thucydides explains that after the Peloponnesian War begins, the entire Hellenic world is in commotion. When the troubles started in the cities, those who followed the movement carried the revolutionary spirit further ... doing evil to someone who does not suspect. Revenge is dearer than self-preservation- (qtd. Johnson 122). These changes happen even today in American culture. Americans are taught to try to get to the top as soon as possible, however underhanded or deceitful they may have to be t...

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... city by taking new land and defending against invasion attempts. Then to tie the entire city together, the rulers were needed so that there was order and knowledge. When Socrates begins with his perfect city he says he needs rulers who are the best of the guardian class, their job is to make the citizens happy and serve the general well ... roles. It is fine if you are the upper class, but the guys at the bottom want to achieve success and rise to the top. That is a reason for the American Revolution and all other revolutions that have spurred from the lower class. No one wants to be co...

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... government would provide checks and balances and conflict without violence. These checks and balances would insure that no one group could gain a monopoly of violence to repress or overthrow in revolution. His pragmatic approach allowed for the freedoms that were taken away in Plato's ideal state. His concept of representative government would of course play out over history to include the ... could detract form the churches central authority. Once again we see that the masses began to loose cohesiveness, and the church, which is ruled by the few and the one, begins to loose power in bo...

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