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Athenian Democracy and the Lessons It Taught

In seven pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in terms of concept, the 'Constitution' of Aristotle, the criticisms of Pla...

Justice and What it Means

In twelve pages this paper examines how the meaning of justice is conveyed in the theories of Plato, John Locke, Friedrich Engels ...

Democracy and Education

believe. Deweys central thesis is rather controversial, but is seemingly valid, and has withstood the test of time. Indeed, Deweys...

Democracy and Free Idea Exchange

there will be a decentralization and a new definition of community. The first idea would seem to embody the more likely scenario. ...

Theories and Methods of Socrates and Plato

Brian Vickers portrays Plato as an intellectual Odysseus, stealthily stealing the rhetorical arsenal of the sophists and using it ...

Reality According to Aristotle and Plato and Using the Philosophy of Parmenides

In five pages this research paper examines how Parmenides' Eleatic philosophy was used by Aristotle and Plato as a way for reality...

A Creative and Fictitious Essay on an Asian National Viewpoint

In seven pages this essay creatively depicts an Asian's perspective around the turn of the century in the form of a Confucian Viet...

Philosophy as the Practice of Death by Plato as Evaluated by Descartes

This research report looks at how Descartes would feel about Plato's ideas. Would he agree with Plato in his ideas about death? Th...

Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato

In nine pages this report compares the philosophies on human nature as conceptualized by Niccolo Machiavelli and Plato with Plato'...

Plato's Influence On St. Augustine

can be found in many church doctrines today (Fisher, 2006). Augustine was a seeker of truth throughout his life (Smitha, 1998). H...

Habermas on Nations, States and a European Constitution

the "state on the modern conception is a legally defined term which refers ... to a state power that possesses both internal and e...

The Independence of the Central Bank

way the internalisation of costs for riskily lending is forced onto the financial intermediaries. This creates greater efficiency ...

Socrates, Plato, 'Allegory of the Cave' and Phaedo

as a teacher, is to free his students from the cave and metaphorically drag them into the sunlight. The selection from Phaedo reco...

Ideals of Plato and Contemporary Education

employee believes a child is abused, they must call the authorities. If a child has a fight in school, the latest trend is to file...

Two Issues/Social Stratification

surpass them (Kerbo, 2009, p. 52). As this indicates, issues of power, status and economics have tremendous influenced the ways in...

FORMS OF REPRESENTATION

Even within promissory representation, there are two alternative styles; mandate and trustee (Martin; see also Mansbridge, 2003). ...

Mass Democracy and Andrew Jackson

with Jackson, and this led to what became known as the "corrupt bargain" of 1824. Clay drummed up support in the House for Adams, ...

Socialism in China

over the way in which commerce took place. Deng Xiaoping announced a plan at the Third Plenum of the 11th Central Committee of the...

Aspects of Terorism

that it is caused by having no means of expressing dissatisfaction. Democracy Provides an Environment for Terrorism There are ...

Brazilian Democracy

most part, the nation is trying to become a free and equal society, but there are problems. The government is unstable largely bec...

Freedom Losing Out to Democracy in 2014 America

has been solicited by the government in return for security. The US has seen a fear that associated with Islam, it has suited the ...

Western History and the Divine Nature of God

of souls (Frost 104). It is possible that Plato was attempting to use popular belief to promote the teaching of more profound trut...

Perspectives on Human Nature

the pagan world, sex was considered a divine gift and it carried none of the sense of sin and punishment that became associated wi...

Comparative Analysis of Monarchal and Constitutional Forms of Government

An argument that a constitutional government is superior to a monarchy is presented in five pages. Five sources are cited in the ...

Forms and Recollection in Phaedo by Plato

leg only" (Plato). If this were true, if there were only one process in regards to life-death, then everything would ultimately co...

The Concept of Forms According to Plato and Aristotle

deep down, but on the surface they are essentially chained and shackled. They are in the dark about a lot of things because they c...

Plato

was to start writing down all the things he could remember that Socrates had said, writing down conversations he had hear and also...

Ethical Business

the government of the Netherlands began requiring businesses to improve the environmental footprint they left in the wake of condu...

Designing a New Political System

can stand for election, telling the electorate what they stand for any their policies. The electorate will then vote for the perso...

Government's Role In A Market Economy

do not believe government is the best resource for solving social or economic problems and that government involvement decreases b...