under a single political structure‚ good governance is necessary. Nicholas Machiavelli contrasts Plato’s utopia attending a central problem of politics by practising power over individuals to achieve wellbeing to the state. This essay explores how philosophers approach the concept of power through the virtues shown in their respective works The Republic and The Prince. Both philosophers‚ Plato in the polis and Machiavelli in the principality‚ argue that virtues are necessary and serve the ultimate
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men as “ungrateful‚ fickle‚ false‚ cowardly‚ and covetous” who “have less scruple in offending one who is beloved than one who is feared‚ for love is preserved by the link of obligation which...is broken at every opportunity for their advantage” (Machiavelli). He uses a metaphor‚
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DSL (digital subscriber line)‚ cable‚ and dial-up internet access are the 3 main most common types of connections available to most residential and business consumers. These connections vary in connection speeds as well as availability. Each type has its advantages and disadvantages when compared to each other. Cable internet connections are by far the fastest connections of these 3 types. They can reach speeds of 20-30 mbps. They are an "always on" connection that does not require any sort
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August 30 Homework pp. 9-11 2) Premise: It’s easier and inexpensive to buy your friend a paperback copy. Conclusion: What stops many people from photocopying a book and giving it to a pal is not integrity but logistics. 5) Premise: White and Asian students score‚ on average‚ markedly higher than their black and Hispanic peers. This is true for fourth-grade tests‚ college entrance exams‚ and every other assessment on the books. Conclusion: Standardized tests have a disparate racial and ethnic
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1. How does the Internet industry converge? What other industries are involved? It has initially been a governmental research tool. In 1994‚ the internet has been publicly accessed. Four years after the public initiation‚ more than 50million users were online and followed by 2 billion users in 2009. Internet is becoming as the melting point of media and entertainment‚ business and workforce collaboration service‚ telecommunication‚ knowledge‚ personalized service. 2. What were the main differences
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Work refers to: Human labor Employment‚ a contract between two parties‚ one being the employer and the other being the employee House work‚ cleaning the rooms and furnishings of a home Labor (economics)‚ measure of the work done by human beings Manual labour‚ physical work done by people Wage labour‚ in which a worker sells their labor and an employer buys it Work (project management)‚ the effort applied to produce a deliverable or accomplish a task Working the system‚ using the rules and procedures
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of Philosopher Kings and Machiavelli Prince. Explaining the differences between Philosopher Kings and Machiavelli’s Prince. Key words: Citizens‚ Prince‚ Rulers‚ Philosopher Kings Step 2 * Understanding of goodness of Philosopher Kings and Machiavelli’s Prince citizens and their characters and also essay question asks about two distinctive types of rulers so comparison of the two sides in terms of types of rule. Two different views exist between Plato and Machiavelli‚ both having different ideas
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Which system is better‚ Microsoft Xbox‚ Nintendo GameCube‚ or Sony PlayStation 2? Which system is the better buy? These are just some of the questions people ask themselves when it comes to purchasing one of these systems. In my opinion‚ I believe that the "best buy" is the PlayStation 2. The PS2 offers a reasonably powerful processor‚ about 297MHz (Megahertz). It may seem a little bit on the sluggish side compared to the processor of Xbox‚ about 733MHz‚ and to the GameCube processor‚ about
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The articles of "Chance: An African view"‚ "How to convince a reluctant scientist" and "Common sense of science" each involve a philosopher who tried to show how theories and facts in science is discovered. The article of "Chance: An African view"involves the theory of Popper‚ "How to convince a reluctant scientist" involves the theory of Kuhn and "Common sense of science" involves accumulation of both those theories in Lakatos. They are connected because "Chance: An African view" and "How to convince
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