... just Greek. Alexander never took his love of Greece too far, he believed in freedom of religion, appointed Persians as governors, legitimized marriages between soldiers and native women. "Instead of treating the Persians like slaves, as Aristotle recommended he treated then as subjects."" The issues that Alexander was sensitive to are issues discussed in the politics of today. A leader should rule ... live in harmony."" Peace is what leaders strive for; it is their main function to bring order and peace to society. Education was extremely important to Alexander; he was taught as a young ...

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... as matter, were absolute. He stated two levels of existence; the physical world of "shadows" and the real world of "ideas". Plato wanted a philosopher-king who would stress harmony and efficiency, as Plato did. Another philosopher, Aristotle, believed in a world of moderation and balance. He disagreed with Plato's two levels of existence. Instead, Aristotle said that all functions of the soul die with the body ... and that there is no afterlife. Aristotle also said that truth followed logically from other truths. One must reason ... was the Athenian government? It was democratic in the ...

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... growth of a community held strong through times of plague, wars, and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy, citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males, except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women, slaves, and all foreigners. In 621 b.c.e., Draco, an Athenian lawmaker, wrote ... the first legal code. In the legal code, Draco dealt with contract and property ownership. It also included debt slavery. In classical Greece, citizens were also allowe...

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... growth of a community held strong through times of plague, wars, and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy, citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males, except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women, slaves, and all foreigners. In 621 b.c.e., Draco, an Athenian lawmaker, wrote ... the first legal code. In the legal code, Draco dealt with contract and property ownership. It also included debt slavery. In classical Greece, citizens were also allowe...

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... of a community held strong through times of plague, wars, and numerous breakthroughs. A major legacy left by classical Greece was a government based on direct democracy. With a direct democracy, citizens ruled by majority vote. The citizenship was expanded to all free males, except foreigners. Those not considered citizens were women, slaves, and all foreigners. In 621 b.c.e., Draco, an Athenian lawmaker ... wrote the first legal code. In the legal code Draco dealt with contract and property ownership, it also included debt slavery. In classical Greece, citizens were also allowed to brin...

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