Glastonbury - from hippy weekend to international festival Steve Henderson‚ Leeds Metropolitan University Glastonbury Festival has beconne a worldwide attraction for music fans and artists alike. In 2009‚ Bruce Springsteen was added to the long list of acts (from Paul McCartney to Oasis) that have appeared at the festival. It started in 1970 when 1‚500 hippy revellers gathered on a farm near Glastonbury Tor to be plied with free milk and entertainment from a makeshift stage. Now‚ Glastonbury is a major
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Matrix and Plato’s Republic Plato is known to be one of the greatest philosophers of his time‚ and even still considered to be one of the greatest of today. Many of his works have been used to analyze and answer important philosophical questions and are even used today as the basis of different stories and movies. One example of the use of Plato’s philosophy is the movie The Matrix directed by the Wachowski brothers. The Matrix is a reenactment of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave with
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just”. Ever since the ancient Greek times people have been in search for the perfect meaning of justice. Some have come up with a good definition but even then‚ there still remains a point to argue proving that the definition incorrect. In Plato’s Republic he starts off with book one‚ a discussion on what justice is through Socrates. Throughout book one‚ Socrates argues with Cephalus‚ Polemarcus and Thrasymachus on why their definition of justice is incorrect. Through the arguments he provides examples
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After reading about Socrates ideal republic‚ I no longer wonder why Socrates was executed. The way he thinks and the ideas he expresses can be somewhat outlandish. Socrates way of thinking is original and helped shape the intellectual traditions in the west. Unfortunately‚ I disagree with some of the logic he uses and the ideas he suggests. Overall‚ The way Plato writes this piece is very smart for two reasons. The first reason is that it is written as a conversation. At this time‚ verbal communication
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Discussion Question 5 In platos republic‚ book VI‚ platos tells the story of Allegory of the cave. This story tells of what plato believes true education is. First plato tells what education is not. “Education isn’t what some people declare it to be‚ namly‚ putting knowledge into souls that lack it‚ like putting sight into blind eyes”(518b) then plato describes what he thinks education is. “Then education is the craft concerned with doing this very thing‚ this turning around‚ and with how the soul
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Prince is the Philosopher King outside Kallipolis Most people believe Niccolò Machiavelli’s “The Prince” and Plato’s “The Republic” are completely different and share opposite ideas. However‚ if carefully examined‚ one can find some similarities between Machiavelli’s Prince and Plato’s Philosopher king. To understand this‚ first we should find out who are The Prince of Machiavelli and The Philosopher King of Plato. 1) Who is the Philosopher king Philosopher kings are the rulers of Plato’s ideal
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Because of its status as one of the most famous and influential works in philosophy‚ Plato’s The Republic has had an astounding impact upon modern philosophy and thought. In The Republic‚ Plato presents the Allegory of the Cave. The Allegory of the Cave poses “the degrees in which our nature may be enlightened or unenlightened” (227). The allegory also serves as an insight into the life of a philosopher‚ and it proposes the place of philosophy in the world. The allegory illustrates the conflicts
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The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean nation that shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. It’s kenned for its beaches‚ resorts and golfing. Its terrain comprises rainforest‚ savannah and highlands‚ and the Caribbean’s tallest mountain. Capital city Santo Domingo has Spanish landmarks like the Gothic Catedral Primada de America dating back 5 centuries in its Zona Colonial district. The regime of the Dominican Republic is a representative democracy governed by a President and Congress composed
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responsible for proper disposal 11)PLEASE DO NOT LITTER‚ PLEASE ITS OUR INDIA Let us protect her!!!12)In India we use less baby disposable diapers!!Lets continue to do so 13)We see more buildings grow in India but not trees. Happy Republic day! India is a country with great potential. The country is in development stages with great interest from foreign investors. They stand in a great position to learn from the development of other counties. The push for smart growth
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The case for Australia not to become a republic. Australia has deep-rooted ties to its founding nation; the UK. To sever the few remaining links to our ally and historical parent under peaceful conditions (unlike the American war of independence) would be a crying shame. The first thing that we would notice would be the astronomical cost of setting up a republic‚ this would be a cost that we as tax-payers would have to reach into our pockets for and give money for something that doesn’t change
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