Should Puerto R ico become the fifty-first state? By: Justin Hemsworth U.S history Mr. Scott Period 4 America gained territorial possession of Puerto Rico in 1889. Puerto Rico declared them as a common wealth. There are several reasons why it would be easy to change Puerto Rico from being a U.S. territory to a U.S. state. Puerto Ricans were officially U.S. citizens after the United States military took the Caribbean island in the Spanish-American
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Analysis of Thrasymachus Throughout "The Republic" there exist different characters that each holds a unique importance towards the development of certain philosophies‚ in this case‚ the meaning of "justice". Thrasymachus is such a character‚ which could be considered a cynic by some; he plays an imperative role in the quest for the meaning of justice in the first book of "The Republic". While Cephalus and his son Polemarchus are unsuccessful in providing Socrates with an adequate definition of
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Socrates describes a perfect city in Plato’s The Republic. Many questions are asked in the book‚ such as “What is an ideal city?” Or‚ “What is justice?” And‚ “Is justice in the city possible?” Socrates tries to find the real meaning of the word justice. He starts with justice within a single person‚ and then he tries to take that concept and apply it to the city. Then‚ to figure out the perfect city‚ he goes back to the single person to find justice there. He shows that the perfect city needs the
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Plato’s book‚ “The Republic‚” expresses an argument or debate between Aristotle’s son‚ Glaucon‚ and philosopher Socrates. The argument defines the advantages and disadvantages of justice and injustice. Also‚ during this discussion the philosophers unlock the character of the inner soul by the analysis of justice. According to Book 1 of “The Republic‚” Socrates makes a clear rebuttal against Thrasymachus’ argument stating that “the strong” or “advantageous” make unjust decisions and therefore it
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Dutch Republic In 1650 the Dutch Republic had become a commercial‚ financial‚ and naval powerhouse‚ which led to other European nations recognizing it as the banking and trading center of Europe. Leading to its commercial success was the monopoly on trade routes in the North Sea. However during the 17th and 18th centuries the Dutch Republic began to decline due to their loss of control in the North and Atlantic Seas and the significant loss of manpower due to European wars. This led to an overall
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Why should year-round schools become a thing these days? Some places around the world participate in year-round schools and say it is great on the student’s education. Schools should become year-round because they are able to get multiple long breaks‚ students will remember what they have learned‚ and attendance would look better. Having multiple breaks during the school year would actually benefit the students by quite a bit. Most students get exhausted about how long they have until the next break
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Babies In a near future it looks like the old way to make a baby will be out‚ and a new way will be called “Designer babies”. Making your own baby exactly how you want. A Designer Baby is pretty much like an adult build a baby. Should Designer Babies become the new thing...should it even be allowed? Designer babies are modified humans‚ having a baby modified condemns children to preventable suffering and death literally changing the shape‚ changing the structure of their DNA. Designer Babies or genetic
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Be kind‚ for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle. –Plato Justice and the challenge of the Sophists The premise of Plato’s Republic is indeed a question of morality‚ as Zeitlin contends (Zeitlan 1997‚ 3)‚ and a direct challenge to the philosophical ideas proposed by the Sophists who assert that subjective truths‚ individualism and self-interest is the basis of human nature‚ and therefore what is moral is relative to ones’ own perception‚ and justice is what serves the individual’s
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are just Indian. " Respected judges‚ respected teachers and dear audience. Today we gather here to celebrate one of the National festivals of India‚ it is Republic day. It is a great opportunities for me‚ as you allowed me to share few words on this occasion. On this day‚ it was January 26‚ 1950 we declared our country as a Republic country by adopting our own constitution. Actually‚ the preparation of our constitution was over earlier than this date but we choose January 26 for this‚ because
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The Justice of “The Republic” In his book “the Republic”‚ Plato tried to build up an ideal society. He divided the ideal society into three classes: rulers‚ guardians‚ and workers. As long as each class of people lived harmonious and did their responsibilities‚ the society would become stable and prosperous. How did make people live with harmony? Obviously‚ the core issue of “the republic” is justice. Justice is a proper‚ harmonious relationship among the people in the three classes. Plato suggested
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