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Question 1

Plato's TheRepublic
 
  a. adapted the rational legacy of Greek philosophy to politics by fashioning a rational model of the state.
  b. was based, in part, on the conviction that for people to live ethical lives, they must do so as citizens of a just and rational state.
  c. criticized the fundamental assumption of Athenian democracy: common people are capable of participating sensibly in public affairs.
  d. stated that in democracies leaders are often chosen for the wrong reason, that democracy's intoxication with liberty leads to anarchy and when that chaos arrives the people turn power over to demagogues.
  e. all of the above

Question 2

Why did soldiers find the mystery cult of Mithraism so appealing?
 
  a. It was widely practiced by women.
  b. It was completely opposed to the practices of Christianity.
  c. It centered on the worship of the gods Roma and Augustus.
  d. It was an illegal monotheistic religion
  e. It provided them with a patron deity.



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Reply 2 on: Sep 12, 2019
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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