Xenophon: A Critics View of Athenian Democracy

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even he did not approve of it. Democracy has been glorified even since its creation, but I now know that democracy definitely has its flaws. So, for people to say that nothing was ever wrong with Athenian Democracy then they are wrong. Furthermore, this paper related to leadership, and government control. The reason why it related to both is because Democracy is a form of leadership and since democracy is a form of government it relates to government control. It relates to leadership because the form of government is how a country leads their people and democracy is a form of government which makes it relate to leadership. Democracy relates to government control because it is a form of government. Democracy is a way to control the people because it tries to make society as balanced as possible by giving almost everyone a say and they are controlling the people from rebelling.

Overall, Xenophon’s document talked about how there are many flaws in democracy. He intended on writing it for the people of Athens telling them that democracy was bad and he wanted them to know that. He was biased against democracy because he spent the whole time talking about how bad it was. This document showed that there were flaws in democracy even though it was brought up as being the greatest thing ever known to man. It also related to leadership and government control because democracy is a form of government and governments are what lead countries, and it related to government control because it is a form of government and governments control the people in countries.

Bibliography

"Xenophon: a critic’s view of the Athenian democracy." World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2015. Web. 24 Nov. 2015

Browning, Eve A. "Xenophon (430—354 B.C.E.)" Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Ed, James Fieser and Bradley Dowden N.p., 1995. Web, 1 Dec, 2015.