Solon's Reform (1)His intention:no one should suffer unduly from the constitution that he would put in place: The rich will not be stripped of their wealth;the poor would not be ground under."I wanted to find the middle way",he said,"I wanted to guide the ship of state through the narrow channels safely in the middle.He took the middle ground, (2)His goal was to establish a balanced constitution for Athens:to establish social equality,essential to such democracy,and to establish the economic opportunity,critical to both social equality and democracy.Solon’s Reform (1) His intention: no one should suffer unduly from the constitution that he would put in place: The rich will not be stripped of their wealth; the poor would not be ground under. “I wanted to find the middle way” , he said, “I wanted to guide the ship of state through the narrow channels safely in the middle. He took the middle ground, (2) His goal was to establish a balanced constitution for Athens: to establish social equality, essential to such democracy, and to establish the economic opportunity, critical to both social equality and democracy