In The Republic‚ Plato seeks out to answer two main questions; “What is Justice?” and “Why should we be just?” Book I of The Republic sets up the challenges that these questions will face. In a group setting of friends and foes‚ Socrates asks “What is Justice?”. While multiple of the men were throwing out ideas and answers‚ Socrates came up with contradictions that disproved their ideas and argued to why their answers do not make sense in defining what justice is. This is when Thrasymachus interrupts
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“For People to rule themselves in a Republic‚ they must have virtue; for a Tyrant to rule in a Tyranny‚ he must use fear” – William J. Federer. A Tyranny is a type of ancient Greek government‚ that was formed in the 6th century BC‚ in which an individual ruler (tyrant) have absolute power over the entire state. Most of the time a tyrant would gain power by “usurping” (by force) or by getting elected. In modern society‚ we depict Tyrant as an oppressive leader based on the meaning of the word. Although
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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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together‚ never apart” Oscar Arias Sanchez Plato’s writings on happiness are seen as a representation of Socrate’s view since Plato was his student‚ and presents his writings on happiness in three dialogues‚ namely Euthydemus‚ The Symposium and The Republic. As to necessary conditions for happiness in the Euthydemus‚ he argues first that happiness is what everybody desires; it is the end or goal of all our activities‚ unconditional good; secondly‚ he says that happiness does not depend on external things
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Account for the failure/collapse of democracy in Germany in the period 1918-1933. Intro The Weimar Republic was established in the aftermath of Germany’s defeat in World War One‚ with parliamentary democracy operating from 1919 and introducing an advanced social welfare system. The notion of loyalty to the nation had been particularly influential since Bismark’s wars of unification in the 19th century. The prospect of strengthening their nation by military means‚ and of it achieving greater status
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The Republic of Kazakhstan. Constitution and Government. The Republic of Kazakhstan declared its independence on the 16th of December in 1992 and the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic was renamed and became the Republic of Kazakhstan. The first constitution was adopted on the 28th of January in 1993. The Current constitution became strong and was accepted on the 30th of August in 1995. Based on the Constitution Kazakhstan is a unitary state with a presidential form of government‚ which has three
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The Dominican Republic as of 1916 had been a victim of enormous political instability that allowed over the creation a stationary political process. The lack of stable political parties to form control and legitimacy in the country was nowhere to be found. The constant back and forth political changes had only increased their external debt to Europe .The probability of European intervention‚ retaliation against the Dominican Republic only increased as instability had become a trend‚ and the debt
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island The Dominican Republic represents two-thirds of the Hispaniola Island in the Caribbean Sea. The country represents the eastern side of the island while Haiti occupies the western portion of the island. Santo Domingo‚ the capital of the Dominican Republic is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the Western hemisphere. The nation independence did not come until 1844‚ but they have endured much political instability and repressive governments. The Dominican Republic was Business Climate
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In Plato’s Republic his theory on education is illogical because he makes several particularly impractical suggestions. He believes that the “guardians” of his society should only be taught the stuff which he approves of. Poetry is one example that does not fall under this category because Plato considers it to be only composed of lies. Therefore he will enforce his theory by censoring poetry to his liking. This leads to the ban of laughter and crying because it shows weakness which is not allowed
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values and limitations of the film Cabaret to a historian studying the cabaret culture of the Weimar Republic Table of Content A – Plan of Investigation 3 B – Summary of Evidence 3 C – Evaluation of Sources 4 D – Analysis 5 E – Conclusion 7 F – List of Sources 8 G – Appendix 9 A – Plan of Investigation This investigation focuses on the German cabarets during the Weimar Republic and how they are depicted in the movie “Cabaret”. To understand the importance and value cabarets
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