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Plato's 'Republic' and a Consideration of Rational Intellect and Emotions

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...

Black Odyssey The African American Ordeal in Slavery by Nat Huggins

job of delving deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade. Black Odyssey ...

Comparing Friedman and Plato's Economic Ideas

illustrates his stance which is that people, even if they are lacking, do not have the right to coerce the wealthy. Thus, if someo...

Impracticality of Direct Democracy

in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...

Democracy and Human Nature

dispose of their possessions and persons, as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of nature, without asking leave, or depe...

Book Reviews on the U.S. and Democracy

In six pages various principles of democracy are examined within the context of the texts The Politics of Democracy by Pendleton H...

A Consideration of Athenian Democracy

In five pages this paper considers whether Athenian democracy reflects the democracy concept including a case study from the perio...

Japanese Democracy and the Meiji Constitutio

In nine pages this paper discusses how democracy was betrayed by the Meiji Constitution according to Reischauer and Jensen. Five ...

Comparing Two Early Greek Philosophers with Plato

The ancient Greek arche concept is compared with Plato's soul concept in an argument that contends Plato's conflict resolution of ...

Black Odyssey The African American Ordeal iIn Slavery by Nathan Irvin Huggins

a primary component of the transformation to African-American status, Huggins delves deep into the historical and cultural foundat...

Democracy and Education

In four pages democracy and its demands are examined in terms of social ideals and education's role....

Contemporary Law v. Pre 1700 Law

of settling a dispute. In fact, during King Henry IIs reign (1133-1189), "no other legal means was recognized for the settlement ...

A.H.M. Jones' Athenian Democracy

In four pages this text is reviewed and comparisons are made between Athenian and American democracies....

Modernity and What it Means

In five pages this paper attempts to derive modernity's meaning in an examination of All That is Solid Gold Melts into the Air by ...

Brian De Palma's Scarface

as the crime film genre became more sophisticated, the line between good/evil oftentimes became blurred. De Palma elected to take...

Democracy and Public Administration

in fact, last summer when the governor of New Jersey appointed a "friend" to the position of state homeland security. The "friend"...

John's Gospel

therefore, offers interpretation of them through various reflections, narratives, and discourses (John, 2003). The first sign is t...

Experience and Ideas According to John Locke

(Locke: The Origin of Ideas, 2003). Locke, unlike many of his peers, denied that certain knowledge was innate for human...

Baptism And Ablution

ritual in pagan religions for the purpose of purifying oneself (Barnes 2000). Although the term baptism is not found in the Old ...

Democracy

(The U.S. Department of States Bureau of International Information Programs). Or, as Abraham Lincoln is famous for noting, a democ...

Vital Signs/Multi-Ethnic Groups in US

pressure) is a chronic condition that constitutes a major risk element for both coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease...

'Good Life' According to Socrates

interaction with the world, ourselves, and others. Our perceptual capacities are not fixed; they are not static or one-dimensiona...

Aristotle/De Anima

possibly think?" (I.3). As this indicates, Aristotles perspective is grounded in observation and reality. He sees the mind as intr...

Comparing Poetry Attitudes of Aristotle and Plato

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

French Films La Regle du Jeu, Zero de Conduite, Meaning and Ending

another toots a miniature horn through his nose. When they arrive at the station, the boys join the rest of their peers, who are...

Aristotle, Aquinas, and Plato on a Man's Best Life

In nine pages this paper discusses how man's best life can be best pursued, concepts of good and evil, and divine knowledge accord...

Marijuana Legality and the Views of John Locke and Plato

In eight pages this paper discusses whether or not the government is justified in legally regulating marijuana use according to th...

Learning, Recollection and Plato's Phaedo and Meno

In three pages this paper considers whether or not learning is new information or simply recollection of past experience according...

Saint Augustine of Hippo and Plato's Influence

Wisdom, and the Word of God. Therefore, intellectual knowledge is not the result of the gathering of data by the intellect, but a ...

Philosophy and False Relativism

of veracity. This is because each segment of humanity is its own little universe and what is held to be truth in one section of th...