Please answer the below questions in 250-500 words (all together). Please use only the Week 6...

  

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Please answer the below questions in 250-500 words (all together). Please use only the Week 6 reading/video assignment (Chapter 1 of Democracy: A Very Short Introduction and Dr. Kietlinski's recorded mini-lecture) you should not look for your responses online. Please note that there is also a textbook chapter included in this week's readings - this chapter is optional for background information if you want/need it. 1) Before doing the reading assignment, what is your understanding of the word "democracy?" 2) On page 7 of the Democracy reading, the author writes that the word democracy "can mean all things to all men as it is translated into different cultures and its thread is spun for different purposes." What does this mean? Why does the author say "democracy" is so difficult to define? 3) (not from the reading but from Classical Greek thought) Plato has argued that a problem with democracy is that "rule by many" means that the poor and ignorant are ruling over the educated and the knowledgeable. Plato then makes a distinction between knowledge and opinion. What do you think the difference is between "knowledge" and "opinion?" 4) (from the recorded mini-lecture): What are 2 important differences between Greek and Roman societies in the classical era (500 BCE - 500 CE)? What is 1 important similarity? Please answer the below questions in 250-500 words (all together). Please use only the Week 6 reading/video assignment (Chapter 1 of Democracy: A Very Short Introduction and Dr. Kietlinski's recorded mini-lecture) you should not look for your responses online. Please note that there is also a textbook chapter included in this week's readings - this chapter is optional for background information if you want/need it. 1) Before doing the reading assignment, what is your understanding of the word "democracy?" 2) On page 7 of the Democracy reading, the author writes that the word democracy "can mean all things to all men as it is translated into different cultures and its thread is spun for different purposes." What does this mean? Why does the author say "democracy" is so difficult to define? 3) (not from the reading but from Classical Greek thought) Plato has argued that a problem with democracy is that "rule by many" means that the poor and ignorant are ruling over the educated and the knowledgeable. Plato then makes a distinction between knowledge and opinion. What do you think the difference is between "knowledge" and "opinion?" 4) (from the recorded mini-lecture): What are 2 important differences between Greek and Roman societies in the classical era (500 BCE - 500 CE)? What is 1 important similarity?

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