Solon
Solon
Solon
The quote implies that even if every citizen possessed the wisdom and rationality of Socrates, the collective decision-making process in a large group like the Athenian assembly would still be chaotic and disorderly, lacking in the thoughtfulness and logic of an individual like Socrates. It suggests that group dynamics and emotions can easily override reason and intelligence in a crowd setting.
That even if every Athenian was a philosophical genius then they would still ultimately just be a lot of people shouting and trying to take what ever they can. It could also be interpreted as an attack on the self-perceived all conquering brilliance of their democratic system.
The wisdom of individuals does not necessarily translate into the wisdom of the group composed of those individuals. That is because groups are still prone to acting on the basis of what we might describe as the lowest common denominator; what they have in common may not be wisdom.
Solon
Solon
Solon was the first Athenian reform leader who established the Citizen's Assembly and implemented laws forbidding enslavement for debts and ensuring that fathers taught their sons a trade. His reforms were aimed at reducing social and economic inequalities in ancient Athens.
Solon
Pericles.
citizens
After the Tyrants were thrown out in Athens, the oligarchs tried to reasssume power, but in 507 BCE Cleisthenes established a government with an assembly of all landowners, great and small.
0Carried out laws
monarchy
Themistocles.
It was the Athenian leader Pericles (461-429B.C.) who was responsible for the Athens growth in power. It would be an error to not mention Thermistocles.
He was exiled