These qualities include‚ military matters‚ praise-worthy qualities‚ qualities to be blamed‚ generosity‚ miserliness‚ cruelty and mercy‚ keeping of promises‚ and avoiding being hated. The first quality introduced by Machiavelli is the duty of prince on preparing military. This quality is important because if the prince is not willing to prepare a troop to protect himself and his country‚ he is showing the people that he does not care for his or his country’s safety‚ which
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September 11‚ 2001‚ is a moment frozen in time. It was on this day that the world seemed to stop turning‚ and its course would never be the same again. It was the day of the largest organized attack on American citizens that took the lives of 2‚976 innocent everyday people (attention grabber).It not only destroyed buildings‚ it destroyed lives. Not only the innocent lives of the thousands murdered in the burning buildings were destroyed‚ but the lives of their families were destroyed‚ and their
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There is a funny thing about love. And that is the fact you never tell as to whom your mate will be. Regardless of how long the relationship may be‚ we never know who out there will be the one we call our mate. You may have similar interests‚ backgrounds or have the same sense of humor‚ but through it all one question sticks out among many folks out in the world today. Does age have a bearing on whether or not to enter a relationship? Some feel that you will eventually fall in love with someone half
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Danielle Butler October 16‚ 2011 English 101/ O.C #2-Machiavelli Though often presented as two ideological opposites‚ personally I find there to be a lot more similarities between Plato and Machiavelli than usually acknowledged. Obviously there are some sharp contrasts. If one examines the excerpts from Machiavelli’s “The Prince” and Plato’s “The Republic”‚ it’s easy to conclude that Plato believed it to be essential for a government leader to be just‚ good‚ and free from corruption
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In Hobbes Leviathan‚ one might recognize the complete controversy between he‚ and Socrates. Socrates‚ was a man with little answers; he made you question things you did not know‚ and things you thought you knew. However‚ Hobbes‚ gives you immense immediate answers‚ and even claims that philosophers are wrong (page 57). Hobbes also claims that men has “restless desire of power after power” (page 58); he claims this explains how and why people act in a certain manner. Reflecting on our modern society
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The Death of Socrates Viewing the painting “The Death of Socrates” by Jacques-Louis David‚ one can perceive many different subject matters‚ both literally and metaphorically. The obvious is seen within the setting of the painting. The clear illustration of where the event is happening provides the onlooker with a glimpse into a different time and era. Conversely‚ the artist has taken the liberty to hide deep meaning inside the work of art through less apparent means. Symbolism through art work
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At the beginning of Meno Socrates and Meno are discussing what they think the true definition of virtue is. They debate over this matter for quite some time and Meno continues to throw definitions‚ of what he thinks virtue is‚ at Socrates. It seems like every time Meno would come up with what he thought virtue was Socrates would shoot it down. Socrates would not come out and say this is not right‚ he would merely ask him a series of questions in order for Meno to realize it on his own. One after
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In the essay “Serving in Florida‚” Barbara Ehrenreich records managers being the “class enemy” and how low level jobs are inadequate in terms of pay. She states that most managers and assistant managers were prior underdog employees of the restaurant business and they are only there to make the big bucks for corporations. Ehrenreich bemoans how managers are the “class enemy”; for instance‚ they never allow servers to take a one second break but the manager’s just sit down all the time and don’t do
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Practically nothing is known of Nicolo Machiavelli before he became a minor official in the Florentine Government. His youth‚ however‚ was passed during some of the most tumultuous years in the history of Florence. He was born the year that Lorenzo the Magnificent came to power‚ subverting the traditional civil liberties of Florence while inaugurating a reign of unrivaled luxury and of great brilliance for the arts. He was twenty-five at the time of Savonarola ’s attempt to establish a
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was like Socrates‚ he taught by asking questions. He didn’t teach in school‚ but he taught others around him. He believed that people were supposed to question and think for themselves. Socrates was the type of man that didn’t give you the answer to anything you had to figure it out on your own and give reasoning. I think Socrates had a huge impact on education because‚ it taught people to have their own way of thinking and not expect someone give you answers all the time. When Socrates came up
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