In fact, it would have been nearly impossible for someone of poverty to hold a political position while trying to make a living since these offices didn't receive monetary payments. ... This was much different than the government prior to Pericles because political roles were only held by those who met the requirements of "birth and wealth " (Excerpts From Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution). ... While he allowed paid political positions, there was still a lack of balance to the Athenian democracy. ... This demonstrates a lack of depth of the Athenian democracy because it those elig...

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The Romans and Greece had many similarities, mainly because the Romans, a war society, who would adapt a lot of culture from the Greeks, and would even appoint Greeks into the Roman Political System. ... With minds like Aristotle and Alexander the Great, Greece would use its government to expand its intelligential ideas of economy and wealth. ... Social class was tied to wealth and not so political control, unless you were to have real clout. ... With people such as Homer, Plato, Sacrates, Aristotle, and many other people, Greece was able to evolve through knowledge. ...

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They have done this through politics/democracy, the arts, literature, philosophy, science/math and war/military. ... Thucydides tried to explain the effects of politics on historical events. ... Isocrates and Demosthenes were writers of orations and important political figures. ... Aristotle also wrote important works, including Poetics, a masterpiece of literary criticism. ... Women and slaves had no political rights, even in the democracies. ...

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The fathers of philosophy, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle emerged from Athens, and although they oftentimes did not find the "correct" answer, they asked the correct questions, opening the doors for higher understanding of the worlds and one's place in it. Philosophy in Athens laid the foundation for the modern disciplines of history, political science, and biology. ...

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