PHIL 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Pheidippides, Euripides, Natural Justice
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Democracy: constitution of solon; the common people had some voice in governing athens. The persian wars: pericles: leader of athens (mid-fifth century); the beginnings of the. Aret : virtue or excellence, particularly the sort of excellence proper to a human being. Skepticism: a view that doubts whether truth is available to human beings. 20 ships to aid the rebellion humans: burnt sardis (principle persian city), rebellion was stifled by persia, marathon (490 bce), persian attack. The greeks under miltiades, an ionian general, defeated the persians, killing 6,400 of them. The victory has an exhilarating effect on the democratic city of athens, The sophists: modern education for democratic athens ( wise one ) teachers who taught many things to ambitious young men but who specialized in rhetoric. Sophists tend to hold that the gods __________.
