“In the republic of mediocrity‚ genius is dangerous” this has been quoted by Robert green Ingersoll. I think mediocrity means average intelligence that resents and envies its betters. It’s like the Japanese saying: A nail that stands up gets hammered down. If you’re different‚ especially in a better way‚ you will likely not be appreciated by others (at least until the superiority of your ideas has been demonstrated so that even the unimaginative can understand their merit). Further‚ people scorn
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Plato- Republic Book 1 Things to Remember Reading the Republic at 33 is infinitely more difficult and enlightening than it was when I first attempted it at age 18. Main Characters: Socrates‚ Cephalus‚ Polemarchus‚ and Tharasymachus. Each asks and presents evidence to the question“what is justice” Socrates and Cephalus Cephalus: lies between father( squandered money) and grandfather (made money); is in the “twilight” of his life Cephalus says that age has freed him from certain
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India’s Independence Day "At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new...India discovers herself again." - Jawaharlal Nehru After more than two hundred years of British rule‚ India finally won back its freedom on 15th August‚ 1947. All the patriotic hearts rejoiced at seeing India becoming a sovereign nation and the triumph of hundreds and thousands
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8436 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS TO USE AN AUTOMATED ELECTION SYSTEM IN THE MAY 11‚ 1998 NATIONAL OR LOCAL ELECTIONS AND IN SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL ELECTORAL EXERCISES‚ PROVIDING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Section 1. Declaration of policy. — It is the policy of the State to ensure free‚ orderly‚ honest‚ peaceful and credible elections‚ and assure the secrecy and sanctity of the ballot in order that the results of elections‚ plebiscites
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Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. A country deemed so oppressed that it is often compared to George Orwell’s 1984. So why do the people not rise up against the government and retake their country? What kind of oppression are theses citizens subject to? Lets quickly review two key misconceptions about the North Korean country‚ government and the people. First the most common attribute often linked to North Korea‚ communism‚ but the government’s policy is known as Juche. Juche (while similar
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Plato’s Republic provides insight into what Socrates believed to be the ideal society. However‚ Arlene Saxonhouse critiques the way he portrays women in his society‚ saying that he “turns women into men.” Saxonhouse goes on to explain that what Socrates does to women‚ he also does to philosophers by turning them into politicians. I agree with Saxonhouse’s criticism because she exposes the inconsistency in Socrates thinking‚ however I feel that she does not give enough notice to the overall capabilities
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In book 7‚ in Plato’s Republic‚ Plato illustrates a metaphor dealing with education and knowledge. This‚ metaphor is known as the Allegory of the Cave. In the cave there are men chained up facing the end of the cave. They can’t turn their heads either side and behind them are puppeteers statue like in front of the fire. Shadows are made by this and are pictured in front of the prisoners. They speak about the shadows as we do of our world. They call the shadows different names that we would call dogs
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One of the core arguments of Book IV of The Republic lays out a psychological theory‚ according to which‚ the soul has three parts‚ or faculties‚ or types of motivation. Plato’s argument begins with the observation that souls contain conflict; Conflict in the soul implies different parts that are opposed to each other (436b-438a). Desire is opposed by the calculating part of the soul (438a-439d). Spirit is different from both desire and the calculating part (439e-441c). Therefore‚ from (1)
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Done by: MASTURA MALIKOVA WEC-08 O 1)What is labor code? O 2)Where was the first labor code performed O 3)Labor code of Kyrgyz Republic The Labor Code O The Labor Code - codified legislation (Code) on labor‚ is one of the main sources of employment law. In most cases‚ the "labor codes" not named specifically developed codes of practice‚ and mechanically combined laws and government regulations‚ adopted at different times. prehistory O The first labor code was performed
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In The Republic by Plato‚ it revolves around the unknown concept of justice and throughout the book‚ attempts to illustrate what is justice with the soul-state analogy. This analogy presents Plato’s definition on justice by method of debate through a conversation between individuals to eliminate inconclusive premises‚ known as the Socratic method. Therefore‚ by assessing components of this analogy: myth of metals‚ tripartite of the human soul and different city-character pairs‚ it allows one to understand
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