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Americans may appreciate the rich culture and the brilliant minds of classical Athens. But rarely do they learn that much of the money fueling the fifth-century-B.C. Athenian renaissance derived from ...
Letter: Athenian democracy was highly questionable. Published 4 December 2024. From Stuart Leslie, Dorrigo, New South Wales, Australia . No one should base ideas of democratic reform on the belief ...
People power is messy – just ask a British politician. But they're in good company. Even the Ancient Greeks who invented democracy couldn't agree on what it meant, writes Paul Vallely ...
The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato, authored around 375BC, has shaped western political thought.Greece is now known as the “cradle of democracy”.Not only was ...