these two great men differ immensely and the foundation for these differences can be found in their distinctive views regarding human nature. Once this is assessed the picture that each man paints of their ideal ruler or founder becomes much clearer. Plato promotes the concept of philosopher-kings who rule over his imagined Utopian society‚ while Machiavelli endorses a ruthless and at times amoral prince whose primary objective is the preservation of the state. Plato’s view of human nature can
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The Real Apology the American People Needed On September 11‚ 1998‚ President Clinton gave his infamous speech he titled “I have Sinned” at the Prayer Breakfast. In this speech‚ he addressed the issue of having a sexual relationship with a woman named Monica Lewinsky and apologized for his actions. The nature of his first speech seemed more of “self-defense” rather than the apology the American people wanted to hear (59). In the attempt to have a successful speech‚ President Bill Clinton had
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18 August 2009 Lee Yong Siang General Manager of Roswell Honda 2177 W 2nd St Roswell NM 88201-1701 United States Dear Roswell Honda Consumers A Typographical Error on Force Events and Ways to Consult Firstly‚ we are sorry and embarrassed. But most of all‚ we are deeply sorry. Last Monday‚ 10 August 2009 was the worst day in Roswell Honda’s eight year history. Following a typographical error made from Force Events declared each ticket for 30‚000 consumers through e-mail to be the
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Rosalinda Saavedra English 1301-11327 Dear Dr. Sexton‚ I want to apologize for how irresponsible I have shown myself to be. My actions have been taunting throughout my head long and hard because what I did is entirely my fault. Missing class and being tardy is unacceptable and I knew that from the beginning‚ yet I deliberately disobeyed. I take full responsibility for the lack of effort of being both punctual and prompt. I am deeply sorry for creating this distraction to your time
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undoubtedly informed Plato’s ideas‚ but by the time Plato brings up the notion of a philosopher-king it’s thirty years after Socrates’ death and what the character Socrates says in the Republic is probably much more Plato than Socrates. This is also two hundred years after Confucius‚ so it may even be that the two are not quite so isolated from each other as they may seem. A couple interesting differences between the two become readily apparent. Plato thought that a true philosopher actually wouldn’t
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Socrates - The protagonist of The Apology‚ as well as all of Plato ’s other dialogues. Socrates seems to be a very simple man‚ not having many material possessions and speaking in a plain‚ conversational manner. However‚ this seeming plainness is all a part of the ironic characteristic of Socrates ’ method. Professing his own ignorance‚ he engages in conversation with someone claiming to be an expert‚ usually in ethical matters. By asking simple questions‚ Socrates gradually reveals that his interlocutor
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To whomever this may concern‚ I apologize for my actions that I took part in while I was at Shoemaker. I understand that for every action it has its consequence and‚ for every consequence I may not like. For this particular situation I do want to say thank you. As weird as it may sound I know that this still is a disciplinary school to be given to kids that deserve next level consequences. I’ve learned that listening is the most important part of communication and that when I listen that my thoughts
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Plato A Greek philosopher known by Plato the founder of the academy of Athens‚ the academy is one of the best philosophical schools. The academy was the school of learning‚ also Plato was one of the student of the famous philosopher Socrates. Plato lived his life after his teacher Socrates died explaining and expanded all Socrates ideas and techniques to his students. Plato was born in a place called Athens‚ Greece where only a quarter of people stayed around the time of 428/427 BCE. (NOTES) He was
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According to Plato a property that is abstract or quality is considered a form; if you were to take a property of a certain object and separate the property from the object‚ that itself would contemplate a form. A basketball could be taken for example here where you can take the roundness of the object being the basketball in this case and separate the roundness from all of the other properties the basketball has like the weight and the color‚ focusing only of the roundness would be the form of
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Plato & Socrates: Excellence in Virtue introduction “Socrates’ positive influence touches us even today” (May 6) and we can learn a great deal about him from one of his students‚ Plato. It is in Plato’s report of Socrates’ trial a work entitled‚ Apology‚ and a friend’s visit to his jail cell while he is awaiting his death in Crito‚ that we discover a man like no other. Socrates was a man following a path he felt that the gods had wanted him to follow and made no excuses for his life
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