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that was determined by human will, in that people choose whether or not to keep their promises (Hobbes, 1982). Those that keep th...

means. Taiwan, on the other hand, has a leadership that doesnt want a military confrontation, but continues to, as Liberthal terms...

in order to be just. Many are familiar with the tales of Sodom and Gomorrah from the bible. They understand that many cities had ...

as the Socratic dialogue that in many ways can be compared to todays constructivist approach to education in which he "drew forth ...

the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...

parties during the first war. This brief government was doomed to failure from the beginning, it can be said in hindsight. Consi...

soul, as imaged by Plato, is made up of the qualities of reason, spirit and desire or appetite (Honderich, et al, 1995). The "reas...

revealed that Microsofts Foxpro by far led its class of software programs in the PRC, accounting for 65 percent of its class. Thi...

is not clear how the lower classes are expected to live (1993). It is also noted that while Plato makes a case for communism for ...

be attacked as while many analysts will agree that Plato clearly states this in The Republic, his other works suggest other ideas....

the will of the masses for personal gain...A citizens class was fixed by birth rather than by wealth. Patricians monopolized all o...

In seven pages the cave allegory featured in Plato's Republic is applied to contemporary U.S. political leadership. Four sources ...

character of the leader nor of his ability to lead. The book is essentially about how a leader can be at his best. While it is tru...

a weapon to the hands of a madman is obviously unjust. Taylor (2003) comments on how this refutation of Cephalus position demonstr...

In a type of author/character debate, Plato explores the premises of his theory by having Socrates debate them. Plato theorized ...

things that are not concrete, but ideas. This type of thinking, the student could state, however, really puts a hold on empirical ...

yet does not lose faith in the just and true" (Plato Jowett Translation Characters). In this we see that Plato appears to be indic...

having an impact on the Chinese economy. Well also touch somewhat on Hong Kong to determine how Chinas economic policies and finan...

good gifts to their friends and family but often do not have the expenses which would allow them to do so. However, people may use...

Halberstadts involvement with the military didnt end after Vietnam. Indeed, he has moved in and out of the military circle for de...

offer a profusion of pleasures... injustice pays better than justice" (364b). Next, Socrates appeared to shift gears and direct t...

they know was agreed upon in full assembly; and should it be decided that this is not so, the poor have discovered a hundred excus...

"clearness and accuracy" (336d). He elaborates in section 338c that while there are different forms of governments, each one "defi...

that their numbers (like those of "our own natives") are dwindling. As this suggests, Ball is not unsympathetic toward the natives...

to address the current realities of the American people. As visionary as the men who created the American constitution were, they ...

Bays, Rivers, Isles, and Islets belonging unto the Country aforesaid; And also, all the Soil, Lands, Fields, Woods, Mountains, Far...

he means that this should apply to the average politician. Certainly, wisdom is seen as including morality. In terms of knowledge ...

the best" (the literal definition of aristocracy) was to be achieved. This scenario, by its very nature, assured the manifestatio...

this pint he is, in essence, pleading for his life and states, "I dare say that you may feel irritated at being suddenly awakened ...

with sickness, or the pilot who helps friends against "the perils of the sea" (Plato Book I). He then inquires into "what sort of ...