In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates outlines the ideal society‚ complete with workers to perform labor‚ auxiliaries to perform the military duties‚ and the guardians—or rulers—to set the laws of the state. The rulers‚ Socrates argues‚ are to be selected by their elders and groomed from a young age to assume positions of power. “…We must choose from among our guardians‚” he states‚ “those who appear to us on observation to be most likely to devote their lives to doing what they judge to be in the interest
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In book V of the Republic‚ Plato covers many different claims that Socrates makes about women. The book begins with Socrates identifying both the soul‚ and the just city. As he is about to continue on in an attempt to continue on finding the constitutions of these‚ the interlocutor Polemarchus interrupts him. He speaks out and questions Socrates on a previously passive statement about spouses and children being in common. Socrates decides to follow through with Polemarchus’ request‚ and begins to
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Weimer Republic was due to external factors beyond its control and the rise of a German messiah"? In 1933‚ the Weimer Republic was officially abolished by Hitler‚ the German ’messiah.’ The Weimer Republic was replaced by his opposite‚ its contrast. From a democratic state to a state ruled by a ’messiah.’ Was it inedible that the Weimer Republic would become a failure? Or would different conditions have changed the occurred? There where different external factors the Weimer Republic where forced
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The Republic of Plato explores the meaning of Justice from both an individual and societal point of view. It also looks into the incorporation of Justice into human society‚ in other words‚ how to create an ideal state of social order in a society. This is carried out through the various dialogues and arguments between Socrates and other individuals. During this process‚ Socrates gave a detailed analysis of the formation‚ structure and the organization of an ideal State‚ and through this‚ vindicate
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Republic Act No. 9231 Main goals * Elimination of child labor * Protection for the working children Responsibility of the State * Provide special protection to children to keep them safe from all forms of harm such as: * Abuse * Neglect * Cruelty * Exploitation * Discrimination * The responsibility for the normal development of the children gravely threatened or endangered by circumstances will came from the parents/legal guardian on behalf of
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Plato’s The Republic By the beginning of Book II of Plato’s The Republic‚ many questions have been brought upon the table involving the definition of justice. Polemarchus argues that justice is doing good to your friends and harm to your enemies. Thrasymachus argues that justice is the advantage of the stronger. Socrates finds flaws in both of these definitions‚ but discovers another important question about the nature of justice. Socrates wants to know whether the just life or the unjust life is
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Weimar Republic: 1919-1933 Even though it was obvious that Germany could not have won the war‚ a legend was created and spread amongst the German people that the undefeated German army had been stabbed in the back by the democrats (the November criminals). In July 1919‚ the new democratic constitution was passed with a 23 majority. When it was officially proclaimed in August‚ Germany became a parliamentary democracy. The fact that Germany was now a democracy was not taken into account at the Versailles
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of the Roman Republic In the late classical Mediterranean period‚ the Roman Republic‚ which later came to be the Roman Empire‚ had won many conquests. Through these conquests‚ the Roman Republic started to accumulate large expanses of land and its people were effectively integrated into a larger imperial system. Throughout this period‚ the people of the republic built a sense of stability and prosperity. The development of stability and prosperity in the Roman Republic remained strong
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I will discuss the concept of a Republic‚ also known as a Representative Democracy. The Openstax American Government textbook describes a Democracy as a political system in which people govern themselves (pg. 8). This system can come in the form of a Representative Democracy or a Direct Democracy. Direct Democracies are ones in which the citizens themselves participate directly in making laws (pg. 14). This type of government occurred in Ancient Athens. The United States Government‚ on the other
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Critique of The Birth of the Republic. In his book‚ The Birth of the Republic‚ Edmund S. Morgan puts forth an account of the quarter century span‚ from 1763-1789‚ in which the American Republic was born. This work provides a detailed description of what historians call “The Revolutionary Era” in American history. Morgan seems to be making the argument that while the revolution may have begun for economic reasons‚ and that the founding fathers may have stood to gain financially from it‚ it eventually
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