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Democracy's Inferiority According to Plato

motives of ambition -- it has no name in common use that I know of; let us call it timarchy or timocracy -- and then go on to ol...

Arts and the Views of Plato

of quickness and penetration, piercing easily below the clumsy platitudes of Thrasymachus to the real difficulty; he turns out to ...

Plato's Republic and Five Essay Questions

self-destruction. Socrates proposes many people in the simple city would not be satisfied forever with a simple way of life (Pla...

Socrates on the Body and Soul

the soul. What the mind or soul once knew is raised to present awareness by a process of recollection aided by the technique of di...

Justice According to Thucydides and Plato

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

Happiness According to Plato

in fact more beneficial than justice and that the role of a good leader is to recognize when it is necessary to take action that a...

Comparative Analysis of Plato's, Hobbes' and Locke's Theories

would Hobbes be accepted in todays world? Would he fit in at all? These and other questions loom large. Still, each in their own w...

Democracy versus Republic in 2001 America

The differences between a democracy and a republic are the focus of this paper containing five pages and examples illustrate how A...

The Republic of Plato and Justice

In five pages justice is defined by Adeimentus, Glaucon, and Thrasymachus and then a response is offered by Socrates in The Republ...

'Just Society' Quest

In six pages this paper examines the just society quest as philosophically considered by John Stuart Mill in 'On Liberty,' Jean Ja...

Political Systems of Ancient Greece and Rome

members who were responsible for preparing "the agenda for the assembly and" carrying "out its decisions. This council also admini...

The Republic by Plato and Poetry

like Hades and the underworld; Tiresias the blind seer; and other references to death and dying (Plato). They decide they have to...

The Republic by Plato and Its Strengths and Weaknesses

draw on the human collective conscious, or the knowledge that exists in the universe, they had a glimpse of it once, and that expl...

The History of Government in Italy

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

Gap Inc. Case Study

in clothes prices as the multi-fibre agreement came to end, which has aided companies such as Wal-Mart looking for low cost suppli...

Persepolis

that is precisely what it is. Satrapi is Iranian, and her autobiography gives Westerners the chance to understand what its like to...

Definitions of a Republic

what is proper and what is improper behavior. These rules evolve into laws and government evolves so that the law can be enforced...

Republican Government and Canada

In eight pages this paper examines whether or not Canada should stay as a constitutional monarchy or convert to a republic with th...

Contemporary Turkey, Kemalism, and Mustafa Kemal or Ataturk

In twenty five pages this paper discusses how the republic of Turkey was influenced by the Kemalism principles of 'Ataturk' or Mus...

PRC and its Social Problems

The People's Republic of China and the social problems it struggles with are the focus of this paper consisting of five pages with...

Algeria's Decolonization

In five pages Algeria's decolonization is examined in an overview of the country's eventual dependence in a consideration of Fifth...

U.S. Experiences of Czech Immigrants

In five pages Czech Republic immigrants are examined within the context of their U.S. experiences with a discussion of socioeconom...

Economic History of Kazakhstan

to 1990 Kazakhstan was part of the Soviet-planned economy. Its national economy had all aspects of its production goals dictated b...

Privatization and the Czech Republic

In twenty pages this paper discusses the Czech Republic and program of privatization with a consideration of the European Union an...

Wayne Huizenga, Republic Industries, and Blockbuster Video

In a paper consisting of five pages Wayne Huizenga's successful course is charted from waste management to Blockbuster to the dive...

MONUSCO and The Congo

This research paper pertain to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The writer relates the country's history and focuses on descr...

Itallian Government

Italy is a democratic republic, just as the U.S. is although their democratic models and practices are a bit different. This essay...

Natural Law Theory Ring of Gyges

This paper discusses different parts of Plato's Republic. There is a discussion of natural law legal theory and legal positivist t...

Contemporary Courts and Books Six and Seven of Plato's The Republic

In four pages this paper discusses the contemporary court system and considers Plato's philosophy on leadership as presented in Th...

In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez

Minerva and nearly every other school child and household in the country are taught to revere Trujillo. Even with his well-known ...