A common complaint in America today is that politics and even society as a whole are broken. Critics point out endless lists ...

In the complex and often violent political arena of ancient Greece, ideals of civic engagement and self-determination mingled ...

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During Socrates' youth Athens was a city at the height of its power and the intellectual center of the Greek world. The spirit of openness which democracy encouraged had given rise to new fields ...

After Socrates had been found guilty of impiety and corrupting the morals of the city's youth, he was next invited to propose a suitable punishment. This was a legal tradition in Athens and an ...

Athens had Socrates. Eden Prairie has Rick Wall. Plato said Socrates described himself as a “gadfly” sent to torment the people of Athens by asking uncomfortable questions and goading the citizens ...

“I realized, to my sorrow and alarm, that I was getting unpopular,” Socrates ruefully reflected, after having alienated a number of powerful politicians in Athens and before being sentenced to ...

5/5 The Spartans break down Athenian walls. Socrates' card is marked.