In addition to their spectacular architecture, and art, the Athenians also placed great importance on literature and philosophy. ... Perhaps, the greatest achievement of Athens however, was the development of philosophy. ... 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 b...

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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 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. Philosophy, Science, L...

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The political structure of Sparta, on the other hand, provided more liberty for more people, especially to women. ... Athenian men spent time away discussing politics and philosophy, but when they went home they expected obedience from their wives. ... "Respectable' women, the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters of classical Greece, were not allowed to participate in the educational, cultural, or political life of their communities"(107). ... The famous philosopher Aristotle said; "between the sexes; the male is by nature superior and the female inferior, the male ruler and the femal...

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