1. The Archaic period went from around 800-480 BC. Notable persons from this time include Homer, who is best known for writing the Iliad and the Odyssey, and Pythagoras who contributed much to philosophy and mathematics.
Classical Greece ranged from about 510-323 BC. During this time, the Persian and Peloponnesian wars occurred which had long lasting effects on the development of Greek for centuries to come. During this time, Socrates and Plato had lived and are known to this day for their philosophical insights.
Hellenistic Greece goes from 323 BC (the death of Alexander the Great) to 31 BC (the end of Greek independence by Roman rule). Science and philosophy both flourished during this period and important schools of philosophical thought
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He was descended from a powerful and influential family, affording him wealth and the ability to pursue education which he believed had a great importance in directing one’s thought and actions. His political achievements include speeding up the Delian League’s creation of the Athenian empire as well as being involved in the Peloponnesian Wars. He was elected strategos, which was a military general, and this was a position he held until his death. Pericles also allowed the lower classes more access to the political system and also subsidized the fine arts for the lower class which let them enjoy the theater. He paid citizens for civil services, such as jury duty, which enabled civic participation in the …show more content…
These shadows include people, animals and many other things. One day, one of the cave dwellers gets free and is able figure out what is casting the shadows and discovers that those things are much more beautiful and more defined than the shadows he had known his whole life. Once he discovers this, he tries to go back to the people in the cave and explain it to them, but they are content with the shadows and kill the man. This story explains the struggle that philosophers must go through in the eyes of