Lisa Almanzar POL 101-09 Prof. Arbour October 7‚ 2013 Have We Outgrown Our Government? Given the current government shutdown‚ the crisis and anxiety that the country is now facing has now brought to light a question that many do not take into consideration in our current day. Is the current United States government efficient enough to run our prosperous and quite large country? Although many people believe that our government is a Democracy‚ they would be surprised to learn that our government
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great philosopher‚ Plato‚ to describe democracy exactly with one of these terms: “Democracy … is a charming form of government‚ full of variety and disorder; and dispersing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike” (Plato 214). The underlining message of the quoted sentence leads one to believe Plato employed the adjective – charming – with a great degree of sarcasm. The philosopher states that democracy brings instability to a state which is governed by the many. Plato is also voicing his
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The fifth commandment‚ "Thou shall not kill" is much more than it seems in this simple statement. While the commandment does forbid any type of killing as stated‚ it also encompasses such acts as thoughts of hate‚ revenge‚ anger and substance abuse. For the type of killing referred to is not just physically killing‚ but also destroying your neighbor‚ emotionally killing‚ this is shown in 1 John 3:15‚ "Whoever hates his brother is a murderer." The commandment is set forth to protect and promote
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physical beings have inner lives‚ and experience the world just as we do. Humans feel anger‚ happiness‚ excitement‚ have beliefs‚ thoughts and emotions. However‚ what exactly justifies this certainty? Many philosophers and skeptics would disagree to such an argument with answers that make one question whether you yourself have a mind and are a thinking thing. Argument of other minds P1) In order for it to be possible to know whether other people have minds‚ I would have to have first person access
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his determination to achieve equality. “We Shall Overcome” is a song about freedom. It was originally used as a song to promote a strike‚ set up by African American slaves‚ here in America‚ against the tobacco farms. Years later‚ young civil rights activists learned the song and used it during sit-ins and marches. The powerful song is now used in dozens of countries across the globe as an inspiration for equality and rights. This song is about people who have died while dedicating their lives to equality
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Plato was a great philosopher who helped shape the thinking of his fellow peers. He was able to do so greatly by publishing a soon-to-be famous dialogue. Moreover‚ the Timaeus is one of Plato’s most well-known works. In this dialogue‚ he presents his audience with a very elaborate explanation on how the universe was created and formed. In the Timaeus‚ Plato made sure to include certain contributors who featured: Socrates‚ Timaeus‚ Hemocrates‚ and Critias. Plato created this masterpiece because he
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In his work titled Phaedo‚ Plato portrays his master Socrates in his final day before execution. Many philosophers gather with him and a dialogue arises‚ by which Plato conveys one of the most fundamental theories unfolding the after life. During this conversation Socrates exposes his believe of the immortality of the soul‚ arguing that he indeed is eager to die‚ claiming that death just represents the separation of soul and body. According to him‚ philosophers prepare throughout their lives for
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Analysis of Apology by Plato The Apology is an account by Plato of Socrates’ speech given at his trial in 399 BC. Socrates was an Athenian philosopher accused of two crimes: corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods. In Socrates’ speech‚ he explains to a jury of 501 Athenians why he is not guilty of the crimes he is accused of. He uses a variety of logical arguments to refute his charges yet in the end he is still found guilty and sentenced to death (Grube 21). Socrates’ use of
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We all continue to learn new things in life day in by day out; incessantly increasing our knowledge is essential to sustain man’s life path on this earth. Knowledge can be sought in different ways but to truly seek knowledge‚ one has to read‚ understand through experience and believe what the word of God says about faith. Acquiring knowledge through our five senses and faith‚ both give us insight on competing ways of getting at the truth. A person who reads‚ write and believes in the word of God
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Have we become too dependent on computers? In today’s world‚ the technology is increasing fast. Our new generation is now more modern then we can imagine. People are depending on technology for all their work. In all this I think they have forgotten something which is called ‘hard work’. We really are too much depending on computers? Computers automated processes that previously had to be performed in a repetitive way. The first computer was built more than fifty years ago‚ and did not penetrate
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