"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live." I like this quote because I find it true. Pretty much all successful politicians lie. Some lie for the people's benefit, like to say your views on war are one way but to lie because your real views are better for the country. A great example of a politician who lied for their country was an Athens politician who lied that he needed a bigger navy to attack an island even though the real reason was that he knew that he had to have a bigger navy to defeat Persia.
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I think that all children should be separated from birth from their parents. From birth, the children will be sorted and instructed for years what the will need to know for the job that the State plans for them (these could range from having sex to make more babies to mining copper). These different groups would have no contact with each other so people wouldn't no whether they would be missing out on anything because they would be completely ignorant of everything they don't need to know for the advancement of the State. There would be no racial problems, or social problems. People wouldn't have anything that divides, like religion, and everyone would be safe.
We all see things a certain way, but we are probably wrong. In addition, we see things different ways but who is to judge whether the color blue is this color or some other color or even a color at all.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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If you were a young teenage girl of the citizen class, in which city-statewould you rather live? Why?
I would rather live in Sparta. I would live in Sparta because then I would get a better education and I would have a higher chance of being not poor.
If you were a slave, in which would you rather live? Why?
If I were a slave, I would rather be in Athens. in Athens, the only people who usually had slaves were the upper class, so I'm assuming they did household jobs and were fed and housed moderately well. In Sparta, slaves worked in the fields.
If you were a boy of the citizen class, in which would you rather live? Why?
I would rather live in Athens. I would grow up to get full rights and my family would probably be stable in terms of money. In Sparta I would be learning how to be a soldier and I might die.
If you were a young soldier, in which would you rather live? Why?
I would rather live in Sparta. I would get better training and I would be in an elite army.
If you were a very wealthy person of the citizen class, in which would yourather live? Why?
I would rather live in Athens. Wealth didn't matter very much to the Spartans. Whereas in Athens, a wealthy person would have time to go to the meetings and be a part in the government.
Finally, decide to represent either Athens or Sparta and debate which is thebest place to live. Use the chart from class to find criticisms of the othercity-state while praising your own.
I would rather live in Athens. In Athens, a citizen could be an important part of the government. In Sparta, they were used as foot soldiers. If I became wealthy in Athens, I could retire, and build a mansion. In Sparta, I would have to stay fit. I also could have traveled in from Athens.
I would rather live in Sparta. I would live in Sparta because then I would get a better education and I would have a higher chance of being not poor.
If you were a slave, in which would you rather live? Why?
If I were a slave, I would rather be in Athens. in Athens, the only people who usually had slaves were the upper class, so I'm assuming they did household jobs and were fed and housed moderately well. In Sparta, slaves worked in the fields.
If you were a boy of the citizen class, in which would you rather live? Why?
I would rather live in Athens. I would grow up to get full rights and my family would probably be stable in terms of money. In Sparta I would be learning how to be a soldier and I might die.
If you were a young soldier, in which would you rather live? Why?
I would rather live in Sparta. I would get better training and I would be in an elite army.
If you were a very wealthy person of the citizen class, in which would yourather live? Why?
I would rather live in Athens. Wealth didn't matter very much to the Spartans. Whereas in Athens, a wealthy person would have time to go to the meetings and be a part in the government.
Finally, decide to represent either Athens or Sparta and debate which is thebest place to live. Use the chart from class to find criticisms of the othercity-state while praising your own.
I would rather live in Athens. In Athens, a citizen could be an important part of the government. In Sparta, they were used as foot soldiers. If I became wealthy in Athens, I could retire, and build a mansion. In Sparta, I would have to stay fit. I also could have traveled in from Athens.
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