Pia A. Kasaysayan 1: Philippine History Reflection Paper A Modern “Malolos Republic”: A Reflection on M. Guerrero ’s "The Underside of the Malolos Republic" It’s generally acknowledged among Filipinos and some people around the globe that the Philippines is among one of the most corrupt countries in the world. In 2012‚ the Philippines ranked 105 with a 3.4 Corruption Percentage Index in Transparency International’s compilation of data from 176 countries. The CPI score ranks countries from
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The Republic Written by Plato Socrates meets with some of his friends and begins discussing the meaning of justice and whether the just life is better than the unjust life. First‚ they contemplate the meaning of justice. Cephalus stated that justice is as simple as telling the truth and returning what you receive‚ Polemarchus stated that justice is giving each his due‚ and Thrasymachus stated that justice is the advantage of the stronger. Socrates proves each of them wrong and embarks on a discussion
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Introduction to the Culture of the Dominican Republic ¡Bienvenidos a la Republica Dominicana! Home to nearly 10 million people‚ with 1 million living in its capital‚ Santo Domingo‚ the Spanish-speaking Dominican Republic is the second largest Caribbean nation. It shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti‚ and lies 947 miles from the state of Florida. It is a popular tourist destination‚ and is in fact is the most popular in the Caribbean. But beyond the tourism and attractions‚ there are millions
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became afraid of him. Socrates was eventually put to death on account of “corrupting the youth” and being an “atheist‚” which were false claims against him to cover up the fact that his accusers simply didn’t like him or his ways. When reading Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates is shown as being very intriguing because of: his humble ways‚ his Socratic method‚
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The Weimar republic failed because the great depression had a huge impact on its economic stability. After the collapse of the US economy and the recent death of Gustav Stresemann there was no one to steer Germany out of troubled times. Progress in Germany rapidly depleted as the loans made under the Dawes plan were recalled‚ German exports fell due to international trade contracting and unemployment escalated to 6 million. This could have led to the destruction of the Weimar republic as … However
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first one to abuse this power. He did it to the Congolese in what is now called Democratic Republic of the Congo. King Leopold of Belgian ordered Henry Stanley to go search around Africa to find rich‚ resource abundant land. He found a vast region of land in the middle-west part of Africa. Lord Stanley made treaties with the natives that gave King Leopold personal title of Belgian Congo. ("Congo‚ Democratic Republic of the." Paragraph 2) Soon the Belgian Congo would fall into depression as the Belgians
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American supremacy for whatever reason would be called insurrectos and bandoleros subject to arrest‚ death by hanging‚ and forever maligned in Philippine history books as common criminals. The bandoleros existed after the fall of the First Philippine Republic. After the capture of Emilio Aguinaldo by the Americans‚ the ruling governmental body collapsed‚ and the war between the Filipinos and the Americans came to a halt. The peace that existed was because of the forceful surrender of Emilio Aguinaldo
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Machiavelli’s criticism of Plato’s The Republic states that a ruler who possesses an inherent quality of that which is consistently good will never have the authority to rule his or her people successfully. If a ruler always treats his subjects in a manner‚ which can be qualified as good‚ then he will ultimately meet his demise‚ as his subjects will rise against him. Machiavelli claims that it is unrealistic to assume that all the people of a kingdom will conduct themselves in a manner that will
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Justice and the Fundamental Question of Plato’s “Republic‚” and analyze his position. The article was aimed at proving that Plato’s Republic is grounded within the ideals that justice is welcomed for its own sake‚ indicating that the act of justice is done as an end in itself rather than to achieve some other purpose and that justice there unfolds the highest degree of happiness in one’s life. It draws attention to proving that the Republic should be studied as being thoroughly eudaimonistic. Since
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1425 - AN ACT TO INCLUDE IN THE CURRICULA OF ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS‚ COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES COURSES ON THE LIFE‚ WORKS AND WRITINGS OF JOSE RIZAL‚ PARTICULARLY HIS NOVELS NOLI ME TANGERE AND EL FILIBUSTERISMO‚ AUTHORIZING THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION THEREOF‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HEREAS‚ today‚ more than any other period of our history‚ there is a need for a re-dedication to the ideals of freedom and nationalism
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