2a. The Romans' considerable generosity in granting citizenship was one reason why their system was superior to Athens. 2b. Document A shows how the Roman Republic, unlike Athens, was fairly generous in granting citizenship and the different requirements the nation had for being a citizen. For example, it shows that in Rome, anyone but slaves who fit the requirements could be citizens, while in Athens, no one but free, native-born adult males were granted citizenship.
Rome and Han China, ancient history’s most remarkable civilizations, have many more profound ideals to teach people today than just their world-famous astounding engineering or fascinating cultures. The values of ancient Rome were simplicity, frugality, honesty, austerity and patriotism (PSR 47). Simplicity is the state of being uncomplicated. Careful and reasonable use of resources defines frugality. Honesty means to be sincere and truthful as well as fair in conduct.
The Romans emerged from Italy and formed their culture that can find its roots among an array of native tribes and Greek colonies that populated Italy. There are two parts of the foundation of a Roman’s identity that stemmed from the cultural influences that produced the Romans, their culture and their ideals. The first component of the foundation of the Roman identity is the usage and the incorporation of others’ myths into their own etiological myth. The second part stems from these myths that made the Romans believe that their existence and success was the result of fate. By looking into Virgil’s Aeneid and Sallust’s Conspiracy of Catiline one can see that this two-part foundation produced a society and people that embodied this idea that they were the best parts of all the cultures
Worldviews and Civilizations 17 March 2016 Sparta and Athens Sparta and Athens were both exceptionally powerful and influential city states in Ancient Greece and were bitter rivals during the Peloponnesian War. Although Sparta and Athens were geographically close to one another other, they evidently shared major different lifestyles, cultural values, and systems of government. Spartan life was focused mainly on war, and their ultixsmate goal was to create a strong military. Their culture really focused on militaristic values. In Sparta, military training was required for all males, and Spartan boys trained rigorously from a young age.
The Ancient Greeks’ renowned use of democracy influenced Ancient Rome’s government structure. The strong belief in Gods and oracles in Ancient Greek shaped the religion of Ancient Romans. The Spartan-like training and leadership style of Ancient Greek war heroes formed the
Founded by Confucius, Confucianism mainly focuses on filial piety, or the respect and loyalty to those above you. This forms the basis for the Five Relationships, which are the relationships between a ruler and the ruled, a father and the son, a husband and the wife, older brother and younger brother, and a friend and another friend. As Judith A. Berling says “If we consistently and wholeheartedly realized our potential to be the very best friend, parent, son, or daughter humanly possible, we would establish a level of caring, of moral excellence,that would approach the utopian.” This clearly shows the beliefs of confucianism. Confucianism blended well with Shintoism and ended up working well for the Samurai.
Greek values show how the Ancient Greek society, as a whole, would have strived to live. Greek culture is one of the most influential cultures of the ancient world because some Greek values are similar to the Western world. Most Greek values are found within the context of the legends of the Odyssey and the Iliad during the Dark Ages. Homer, the author of both the Odyssey and the Iliad, contributed into Greek culture by showing values in writing that Greeks thought of themselves. Three Greek values that are arguably the most important are a guest-host relationship, the treatment of the dead, and loyalty.
Although both Confucius and Mencius have a lot in common with regards to governance, the two do have varying opinions on certain matters such as the legitimacy when rulers are overthrown, and the relationship between the ruler and his people. In precedence to coming up with policies and administrative measures, one has to first consider the issue of human nature as it plays an essential role in the development of a state 's political system. In the Confucian philosophy, the belief is that goodness is innate in humans and that everyone shares this same trait [子曰：“性相近也，习相远也。”] (Analects, 17.2). Mencius further elaborated on this doctrine by stating that it is mankind’s natural tendency to be kind to others, just as water would naturally flow downwards (Mencius, 6A2).
Such struggles and injustice are not unique to Rome, but are replicas of the character of human nature in taking advantage of the disadvantaged. It is a situation with which people can readily identify in the larger society as well as in one-to-one relationships. The importance of the Plebeians in the Roman society is also a reflection of the importance of things and people that are apparently simple and insignificance, but without which many important goals can never be achieved, and thus they must be treated
The Greek civilization University of the People HIST 1421: GREEK AND ROMAN CIVILIZATION The Greek civilization was an exciting period and also today people talk about it. There are many examples and references are taken from their way of life and traditions. The two instance of Greece cities is Athens and Sparta which both are renowned cities for their political systems. However, in this essay, the author will discuss the life if Athenians and Spartans, moreover, we discuss how each group obtained their rights to participate in public life and make decisions affecting the community.
We can see a clear example of this between Greek and Roman beliefs. Both the Romans and the Greeks played enormous parts in the formation of ancient
Aristo lived in 4th century BC in today’s Greece, developed ideas on several subjects from logic and metaphysics to empirical biology. Confucius, on the other hand, had lived in today’s China in 6th century BC, and was a political thinker and educator whose work mostly focused on the ideal social order and ethics. These two distinct philosophers both left extensive ideas on how political and social order should be. This paper will compare and contrast these two influential thinkers in terms of their ideas on individual ethics and social order. The thinkers’ works on various subjects will not be included to this analysis due to the length limitations and the need to focus on the themes that are studies by both of them.
Their rationalities are still being used today. They were incredible masterminds with awesome impact in the antiquated society. Confucianism imparts to Aristotle mindfulness that for people to be great, they require moral astuteness and in addition different demeanors of character, yet Confucianism places more prominent accentuation on the part of reflection and concentrate in the improvement of good insight (Provis, 2017). Over the next several paragraphs, it is my goal to address the following: 1)
There are two giants in the Axial Age of human history, Confucius and Plato, who are considered as the landmark in the oriental and western world. They are great philosophers, ideologists as well as excellent educators, whose thought have profound influence to the oriental and western world. Confucius’s ideas maintain authority for more than two thousand years, which have intimate connections with development of Chinese federal society. Even to this day, it still remains practical significance and reflects the glorious radiant. Plato’s doctrine is a source of Western political thought.
Politics and Confucius Fusion Aristotle ( 384-322 B.C.) was a Greek philosopher and political scientist born in Stagira, Greece, who focused mainly on politics and made significant contributions to various fields in knowledge such as ethics and biology. Many of his opinions and thoughts regarding politics are expressed throughout his work the Politics Book I from 350 B.C. Unlike Aristotle, Kongzi (551 - 479 B.C.) was an ancient Chinese politician, who introduces Confucius, a teaching that was built to establish the social values, and transcendental ideals of traditional Chinese society. In the Analects of Confucius, students of Kongzi discuss about the doctrine of Kongzi and his goal to rebuild the Golden Age. Despite their similar thoughts and opinions regarding the the accumulation of wealth such as
