Plato’s most famous work is undoubtedly The Republic it has weathered the test of time to provide us with the most influential philosophical doctrine surviving from the ancient Mediterranean. Over the years Plato has been hailed by some as an advocate of women’s rights because of some views he puts forth in The Republic. In Book V of the work Plato has Socrates‚ acting as his voice‚ engage in a discussion of the perfect state with Polemarchus‚ Adeimantus‚ Glaucon‚ and Thrasymachus. In the conversation
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The crisis which ultimately led to the collapse of the Weimar Republic was contributed by World War 1 and political‚ cultural and economic factors. The Weimar Republic would have continued to be a functional government far longer than achieved if not for the economic burdens imposed by the Great Depression‚ the flawed Article 48 and the rise of the Hitler and the Nazi Party. These factors eventually contributed to the downfall of Germany’s first attempt at a legitimate Democracy. The societal‚ economical
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or maybe even the Dominican Republic. Its just something that is on people’s minds because they want to travel somewhere besides what they have already seen. I took that exotic trip to the Dominican Republic and it was definitely life changing. It was a different experience compared to what I had seen in the United States. Everything there was so beautiful but it was also hard to see all the poverty in some parts of the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic was a vacation I will never forget
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Weimar Republic The Post-World War One era saw great fluctuation in European politics. This ranged from the fascist control in Italy under Mussolini to the Stalinist regime of the Soviet Union. Perhaps no other nation saw such a dramatic governmental fluctuation‚ as did Germany. Germany began this time period as the staunch democracy of the Weimar Republic‚ but was later turned to the fascist dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. The most important overall reason for this severe change in government was
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Life in the Dominican Republic is challenging for most of the people. Most of the people are disconnected from the outside world. People in the Caribbean Island face natural disaster threats every day throughout their life‚ such as flood‚ hurricanes‚ and droughts. The main way people try to escape this poor life is baseball. Furthermore‚ kids in the Dominican Republic start playing baseball at a young age and practice every day. Some kids either cut off school or do not go at all‚ just to play baseball
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Persuasive Speech In 1999‚ Australia voted in a referendum that would have made our country a republic. The proposal was defeated‚ as the way the republic was to be run was unclear‚ as well as a large campaign by then Prime Minister John Howard and other significant monarchist groups. Australia should become a republic‚ and elect our own head of state to replace the Queen and the Governor General. Why should we do this? Because the values of the monarchy‚ and of hereditary power‚ clash completely
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The Beginning of Citizenship in the early Republic When the collapse of the monarchy and the creation of the Republic had taken place‚ it is when the control of Roman government was allowed to only a small groups of influential families called the patricians. The remaining residents were the plebeians. Slowly giving way to a commonwealth (res publica)‚ a state governed by the people. The agricultural population of ancient Rome consisted of a dominant class of large landowners‚ the patricians‚ and
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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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democracy‚ a republic or something else?” According to the article On Democracy in Our Republic by an unknown author‚ there is a logically reinforced thesis that the United States is a republic and not a democracy. Supporting his claim he reminds American’s that their nation was founded on the principles of liberty and limited government; not on a democracy. He points to the daily reminders such as Liberty Coins‚ The Statue of Liberty and the pledge of allegiance; which says “and to the Republic for which
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interludes‚ the country became independent in 1821 under the rule of a former colonial judge who maintained the system of slavery and limited rights for the mostly mulatto and black population. The ruler‚ José Núñez de Cáceres‚ intended that the Dominican Republic be part of the nation of Gran Colombia‚ but he was quickly removed by the Haitian government and "Dominican" slave revolts. Victorious in the Dominican War of Independence in 1844‚ Dominicans experienced mostly internal strife‚ and also a brief return
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