Plato’s utopia attending a central problem of politics by practising power over individuals to achieve wellbeing to the state. This essay explores how philosophers approach the concept of power through the virtues shown in their respective works The Republic and The Prince. Both philosophers‚ Plato in the polis and Machiavelli in the principality‚ argue that virtues are necessary and serve the ultimate purpose of guidance for the state to flourish. However‚ the consequences of both currents are entirely
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countries‚ which means that they had different cultures and were different in a lot of ways. The Americans planned their revolution for many years and continued with economic‚ and military help from the French. Once the revolution was over‚ they were a republic and signed the treaty in Paris. When the French return to France they realize that they don’t have the freedom America does and they helped them fight for it. So‚ the French started planning their own revolution. The American Revolution was about
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the Dominican Republic this about everyone’s least favorite place out of the 3 places we went to. 1st was the beaches weren’t that great I mean we all hang out there‚ then came the worst part the people who sold things every person who asked the conversation all ways went the same way. “ Do you want toy or do you want a hat my friend?” Me trying to be respectful said this “ No sir “and that repeated 10 times per person. Finally we got back on the ship‚ even though the Dominican Republic wasn’t as fun
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(teaching intellectuals such as Aristotle)‚ and the pieces of literature he produced. These impactful texts including "the Republic" and "Apology"‚ mix both myth and reason through the voice of his renowned teacher‚ Socrates. In this way‚ Plato defines his understanding of reality as comprising of levels… The theme of justice is prevalent throughout the dialogue of "the Republic"‚ as Socrates seems to be on a mission to discover "what exactly is the good life?"‚ and if it encompasses being just or
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In Plato’s Republic‚ the concept of education is one of the most vital elements of this new city Plato is trying to create. So much of Plato’s Republic is geared towards education of its citizens because Plato firmly believes that education and wisdom is the key to and heart of the city‚ and without proper education of the citizens the city would not flourish. It’s with his strong views on the old traditions of Athens‚ and how one ought to be raised as a child to an adult‚ will give a clear indication
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technology is developed and applied along with agreements from nations to facilitate all kind of exchanges‚ especially economic. This would imply elimination of taxes‚ elimination of tariff barriers‚ and nations entering trade agreements. The Dominican Republic is a middle-income‚ developing country located in the middle of the Caribbean which for the past two decades has had a GDP growth average of 5.4 percent
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States. There have been several reports of women who would be kicked out of these salons because their hair was “too hard to handle”. This has created beauty shops to be considered as sites of both cultural and identity productions. As Dominican Republic was once imperialized by European colonization and slavery‚ the view on African-origin bodies have been stigmatized to be the opposite of societies beauty ideals. Dark skin‚ kinky hair is a representation of the side of the beauty spectrum. On the
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More importantly every civilization has to deal with times of crisis and conflict‚ it is how they deal with these situations that determine their success as a civilization. The social issues the Roman Republic faced were handled well and helped to establish a new form of law. In the Roman Republic there were two classes of people‚ the Patricians and the Plebeians. Each citizen was born into their role‚ which means that they could be rich but still be considered a plebeian. Plebeians made up 95%
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Haiti and the Dominican Republic are vastly different counties that have unique systems of classification of race‚ ethnicity‚ and governmental structures. The history of the countries of Haiti and The Dominican Republic shape how these countries classify race. To comprehend the demographical differences in Haiti and the Dominican Republic‚ we need to analyze how historical contexts shape the structures of those countries today. The racial data collected by Haitian and Dominican Republican citizens
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each country; but overall‚ economic and political factors have had the most influence on the significant increase in the migration of these two Latino sub-groups to the United States. The weakening economy and political instability in the Dominican Republic were two of the main factors that led Dominicans to migrate and become a part of the U.S. Migration began during the Trujillo era‚ when the economy was changing from being based mainly on agriculture to low-level industrialization. Since the majority
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