Children And Childhood Of Classical Athens By Mark Golden...

In his book, Children and Childhood in Classical Athens, Mark Golden discusses how the ancient Athenians viewed children, the role of children in the community and the household, and children’s relationships with others. In an excerpt from the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle concludes that parents love their children more than children love their parents. Amongst other things, Golden argues that parents loved their children despite high infant mortality rates, sons had obligations to their parents, and siblings were ideally close to one another. Golden’s work illuminates the depth of the parental and filial love that Aristotle refers to. In this excerpt from the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle claims that parents love their children as a part of themselves while children love their parents as the source of their being and he differentiates between these two loves to argue that a parent’s love is greater than a child’s. Aristotle first discusses parents, sayin g, â€Å"parents know their offspring with more certainty than children know their parentage; and a progenitor is more attached to progeny than progeny to progenitor, since that which springs from a thing belongs to the thing from which it springs.† This statement sounds technical, logical, and rather cold, downplaying the emotional aspect of affection. Aristotle is attempting to objectively explain the cause of love between parent and child. He does not give us a sense of how deeply ancient Athenian parents would love theirShow MoreRelatedWho Goes with Fergus11452 Words   |  46 Pagesambiguity at the heart of Yeats collection, as well as his reverence for the imagination. A Dialogue of Self and Soul In the first stanza the Soul calls the reader to the tower of learning where â€Å"the star,† the most distant part of our universe, â€Å"marks the hidden pole.† The soul seems to be talking about the contemplation of eternity. On the other hand, the poem itself seems to imply that the soul’s goal is so vague as to be virtually unknowable. â€Å"Thought,† as represented by the tower, cannot distinguishRead MoreHindi Nibandh on Advantages of Mobile and Disadvantage17790 Words   |  72 Pageswarfare. For example, the famine years in the 1840s in Ireland were among the most peaceful, and there was title attempt by the hungry masses to intervene even as ship after ship sailed down the river Shannon with rich food. Looking elsewhere, my own childhood memories in Calcutta during the Bengal famine of 1943 include the sight of starving people dying in front of sweetshops with various layers of luscious food displayed behind the glass windows, without a single g lass being broken, or law or orderRead MoreOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesHistorical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts: Charting the Future of Teaching the Past Sharon Hartman Strom, Political Woman: Florence Luscomb and the Legacy of Radical Reform Michael Adas, ed., Agricultural and Pastoral Societies in Ancient and Classical History Jack Metzgar, Striking Steel: Solidarity Remembered Janis Appier, Policing Women: The Sexual Politics of Law Enforcement and the LAPD Allen Hunter, ed., Rethinking the Cold War Eric Foner, ed., The New American History. Revised and ExpandedRead MoreDeveloping Management Skills404131 Words   |  1617 PagesShapiro Director Admin. Services Jason Hanson Controller Ian Herman Treasurer Jason Means Group #1 Manager Robert Miller Group #2 Manager Wanda Manners Group #3 Manager William Chen Group #4 Manager Leo Jones Group #5 Manager Mark McIntyre Group #6 Manager John Small Group #7 Manager Janice Ramos Group # 8 Manager Marcus Harper Customer Service Manager Armand Marke Office Administrator Michelle Harrison Technical Staff Technical Staff Technical Staff