How impetuously-based decisions can lead to negative consequences As humans‚ most of our decisions tend to be impetuously-based‚ meaning that the decision was not thoroughly thought through. These decisions often lead to negative consequences of which can greatly effect one’s life as the result or the outcome was never thoroughly considered. But‚ luckily‚ as humans we also possess another side that alters the impetuous thinking into more logical ideas called rationality. Rationality‚ oppose to impetuosity
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Young Pols 3310-Christina Hughes 10/22/13 Machiavelli: The Prince In The Prince‚ Machiavelli introduced a completely different idea of what is a stable government and his definition of what virtue is compared to previous philosophers such as Thucydides‚ Socrates‚ etc. Previous‚ classical philosophers associated virtue with the good in life. In their eyes‚ a virtuous man is an honorable man. In The Republic of Plato‚ Socrates defines virtue as doing something well and in The Prince Machiavelli
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Compare and contrast the work of Hobbes and Kropotkin. Whose writings do you find more convincing and why? In today’s world‚ there is an overwhelming presence of violence‚ war‚ and a lack of peace. Thomas Hobbes and Peter Kropotkin have undoubtedly embedded their names into history as some of the greatest masterminds of political philosophy. In the Hobbes’ Leviathan‚ he launches his strong belief of the muse of states and legitimate governments. Much of the book demonstrates the need of a
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When dealing with complex historical topics‚ it is common for historians to develop systems of identity to impart a historical narrative. This system is developed independently from the various groups the historian wishes to discuss. Thus‚ each system of identity is largely alien to the historical group it seeks to describe. While this may seem contradictory to a historian’s effort to impart a sense of validity to their theses‚ it is necessary as a way for the modern reader to identify with the topic
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a. What were the geographical features of Sparta? The geographical features of Sparta were: * Mt. Taygetus * Eurotas river * Messenia b. Outline the role of the krypteia The krypteia was the secret police force of Sparta. It was run by the ephors who recruited young men and sent them out for a year to spy on the helots. The krypteia were authorised to kill helots‚ especially those who appeared to have the kinds of qualities that might fit them to lead a helot rebellion. c
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Economic World? 1/26/11 No crisis ends without leaving a legacy. 2008’s legacy will include new perspectives on the long-standing conflict over the kind of economic system most likely to deliver the greatest benefit. Battle between capitalism and communism maybe over‚ but market economies come in many variations and competition between them continues. Machiavallian Maintainer See China as a threat Wouldn’t address underrepresented issues (Female Economic?) Grotian Tries to bring China into
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In the 7th Century BC a new era of warfare strategy evolved. Before this new strategy‚ foot soldiers (known as hoplites) engaged in battle in the form of one mob for each army which on the command of their generals runs at each other and proceeds to hack blindly at the enemy with little to no direction other then to kill the enemy in front of them. This proved to be very messy and the tide of battle depended mostly on emotion and size of an army. In the name of strategy and organization‚ the phalanx
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historians in the time of Ancient Greece. Three major ancient historians were able to record their time of Ancient Greek history‚ which includes Herodotus‚ known as the “Father of History” who travelled to many ancient historic sites at the time‚ Thucydides and Xenophon. Other forms of History knowledge and accountability of the ancient Greeks were know is because of temples‚ sculpture‚ pottery‚ artifacts and other archaeological findings. The Neolithic Age in Greece lasted from 6800 to 3200 BC.
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Philosophies of Sophie’s World Sophie’s World Berkeley Signature Edition/March 1996 The Garden of Eden-pg 2 Sophie is introduced to two questions she has not really thought about‚ but is very important questions to philosophers. She realizes that these questions are really important but most people take these questions for granted. When we are little children‚ we are easily amazed by many things that older people see as bland since they are used to it. Philosophers are like children that
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The polis some important characteristics A polis is a Greek city-state. Instead of having a united country‚ the Greeks were divided into large‚ independent cities with their own governments and people. Some of the more famous poleis are Athens‚ Sparta‚ Corinth‚ Thebes‚ and Argos. Poleis were originally ruled by heredity kings. As these kings became unpopular‚ they were often overthrown by tyrants. Although usurpers to the throne that were considered illegitimate‚ they were often very popular
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