Hypocrisy In Athens Research Paper

 Pericles was respected and liked in Athenian society, and Socrates was neither respected nor liked. Socrates questioned everything about the way people lived their lives and their beliefs. Pericles believed that Athens was the best and the way that they lived was the right way and there should be no other way of life. With the way that Pericles and Socrates lived they would clearly have different views of life. Pericles believed that Athens was superior to any other Greek city- state.

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson is one of the most controversial presidents in our history, but in today's standers Andrew Jackson was not considered democratic. Andrew Jackson benefited the poor, but he mistreated the rich. Andrew Jackson treated the rich as if they were unimportant and worthless, because they had money. Though the Native Americans might not have been citizens, he still killed thousands of the Native Americans on the trail of Tears. Andrew Jackson caused agony to the Native American people and forced them out of their own land for his benefit.

In the late 1800’s, J.P Morgan, John Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie had a negative impact on society because they were Robber Barons. They treated their workers very poorly in a way that should not have happened. J.P Morgan forced his workers to labor under harsh conditions for long hours and low pay. This is coming from a guy who has made millions of dollars and who has started a 60 million dollar business. Knowing how much money he has and how very little he pays his workers shows how ruthless he is as a business owner.

This caused the new banks’ failure by issuing the Specie Circular order in 1836. The government land required payment to be in gold. The National Banks of United States collapsed, this caused what we know as the Panic of 1837, that Andrew Jackson’s successor had to deal with. This was much unorganized, banks got removed, etc. The lack of national banks was one of the many speculations that contributed policies that caused the market to crash in the year of 1837.

Our Founding Fathers were merely men, but they utilized their strengths and conquered their weaknesses to propel themselves into godlike statuses that molded each and every one of them into prominent historical figures. Katori Hall explained this perfectly when she said “We expect our leaders to be godlike. But I feel that when people try to sanctify leadership it puts it out of the realm of regular people. And that’s where the greatest leaders come from – from the people.” Our Founding Fathers harnessed their personal strengths and weaknesses, but this alone wasn’t enough to help them to succeed.

Plato designs his society not with the intention of equality in terms of everyone having the same opportunities but with the idea that no group has the advantage of being happier than any other (Plato YEAR 103). Like happiness, Plato intends for his society to not have a group wealthier than any other, because there are consequences to the inequality including revolution, bad work, and revolution (Plato YEAR 105). Plato attempts to rectify this situation in his Kallipolis, because the structure of system is based on every citizen working in the position based upon their soul and a balance between different groups to create a single cohesive body. Yet, luxury and wealth throw off the system. “If you give an inch, they will take a mile” is an old saying that applies to the fact that there would be no way for materialism not to cause consequences.

All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th and 213th amendments of the constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General. (1) “Unceasing vigilance of agents” is a satire on government for transgressing its control over the citizens. It turns out to be a society in which the government curbs the individuality of citizens under the façade of ensuring equality. Stanley Schatt states:

Just as The Pearl, the community and its individuals of today are being affected by wealth and power disparity because as given at, “[3.55 billion of the world’s poor population are living on the same amount of money as the 85 richest people]”(World’s 85 Richest). This is showing how the wealth of the world is leaving multiple people extremely far behind but also in the shadows when it comes to having power because again, power comes from

He is also emphasizing the fact that since they are better educated than the rest of the population, the philosopher kings must guide the citizens of Kallipolis, for only the philosopher kings will know what is just and

There are millions of foreigners in South Africa, with majority being black foreigners and they have come to be seen as a serious threat to the impending economic health of the country. They are seen to be wiping off public services while persistently deteriorating the economy for their own self-interested survival. There is a certainty that the socioeconomic problem created by the coming in of African migrants is not manageable. With the high

The Spartans reverence to Lycurgus’s laws help set up a society base on militarism and conservative values. They as a society denying full social and political equality to all men, who allowed females, have social equality. The system in which Lycurgus left the Spartans denied both a democracy and a chance of a tyrant to gain control over the Spartans.

Athens, at the time, was undoubtedly the most civilized society, but that never seemed to be the cause of any sort of bragging; it only opened up the potential for Athens to receive praise. For instance, Pericles states (in contrast to Sparta) on one occasion that “there is a difference, too, in [their] educational systems. The Spartans, from their earliest boyhood, are submitted to the most laborious training in courage; [the Athenians] pass our lives without all these restrictions, and yet are just as ready to face the same dangers as they are.” Pericles appears to be prideful about the treatment, education, and enforcement of Athenians (people and trainees) in terms of their military.

a) Doc 8: The Roman govt. official Fontinus praised technology. He claimed that while the achievements of the Greeks looked pleasing, they served no functional purpose and that Roman developments were practical, as well as visually appealing. i) Bias: Fontinus be praising the achievements of the Romans due to the fact that Britton was not a desirable post for a high ranking Roman official and that he would be better suited as the water commissioner of Rome in Rome.

Women have been both compared to a “briskly hog”(Semonides, 550 BCE) and a powerful being in the Greek city-states. The only difference is that it was in different city-states. In Athens women were viewed as useless, besides the fact they could produce the next generation. In Sparta women were viewed as helpful and powerful. The treatment of women in Athens was horrific, harsh, and awful, unlike the treatment of women in Sparta which was fair, and sometimes even favored.

Women in Athens and Sparta lived a varied life. They both had rights and things they couldn’t do. Women in Sparta had a lot more rights than the women in Athens. Spartan men were usually not around so women had control of Sparta.