HIS-1501 Midterm: History Midterm (Exam 2) Notes
12 Feb 2018
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People blamed him for destroying the youth. 385 bc he returns to athens and establishes the academy. Plato believes to get to the truth, it"s a long and hard journey. People are chained and forced to look against a wall. Shadows are cast of people coming and going. You must break your chains and nd your way out of the cave to sunlight. Sunlight, or the truth, is hard to see at rst. Men and women who are specially trained should lead the government. Should be educated and 35 years old to be in a government position. You have to get beyond appearances to get to ideas. Were looked down on upon by the rest of the greeks. Started really gaining power after the peloponnesian war. Had a very smart king, phillip ii. Wanted to make the whole greek world into a central government. 338 bc marks the end of classical greece and beginning of hellenistic culture.
