Socrates argues that parallel to the city he had created a just person is comprised of three parts. Justice in the individual‚ as in the city‚ involves the correct power relationship among parts‚ with each part occupying its appropriate role. rational part of the soul that lusts after truth‚ a spirited part of the soul that lusts after honor‚ and an appetitive part of the soul that lusts after everything else. In his extended metaphor the appetite is represented by the lower consuming class ‚ the
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Pericles was born in Athens in about 495 BC to a family of wealth and position. His father‚ Xanthippus‚ was also a statesman‚ and his mother‚ Agariste‚ was a member of the politically powerful Alcmaeonid family. Pericles was one of the best known statesmen that Greece ever had. He studied under the Sophist and master of Music Damon‚ and the philosopher Anaxagoras as well as Zenon of Elea. Pericles was a very patriotic man as well as dignified and upright‚ that was why he got so much recognition
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According to Socrates a just city where most of the population is virtuous‚ because a just city is based on the virtues of wisdom‚ moderation‚ and courage. The reason the city came into existence was for justice‚ not pleasure and happiness. Wisdom and good judgment are based upon knowledge. Also‚ Socrates examines the effect of wealth on craftsmen‚ and states that if a potter gets rich‚ he will not be concerned for his craft and will become lazy and a bad potter; unless he remains poor‚ then he wont
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Socrates’ death To begin with‚ we need to introduce Socrates. Socrates was and still regarded as one of the most influential philosophers. Socrates throughout his life showed a deep understanding of the human life‚ as well as an understanding of the world. He is considered one of the most important ethical philosophers of all time. Nothing much is known about his personal life‚ but his works were well preserved which revealed a lot about him as a great man. Socrates was sentenced to death and
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Was Appeasement a ‘Mistake’? H/W 07.03.13 There are many arguments for and against appeasement before WW2. Appeasement was a policy between Britain‚ France and Germany. The policy meant that the allies would give Germany what they wanted as long as they didn’t start a war or cause trouble. The Dictionary definition of appeasement is: (Government‚ Politics & Diplomacy) the policy of acceding to the demands of a potentially hostile nation in the hope of maintaining peace. Many people now
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In 399 BCE‚ Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology‚ p. 202). He asked many questions of people‚ making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate‚ he killed himself‚ denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order‚ specifically children minding
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Was the conquest of Mexico justified? Was it the work of men carrying out God ’s will on Earth? Or was simpler than that? Was it just greed and jealousy‚ as old as Cain and Abel? This question can be debated to no end by people on opposite ends of the spectrum. The Spaniards were quick to justify their actions as fair‚ proper‚ and necessary. However‚ a more modern‚ western mind can certainly look at the events and judge them to be unjust‚ perhaps even evil a likening to the violence and prejudice
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Athens considered themselves a democratic state of government but in more ways than none it is not a true democracy. The definition of democracy is “a system of government by the whole population.” There were some ways that Athens was democratic in some ways because they had representatives for the government but overall it was still undemocratic because representatives in the courts and council were chosen randomly. The only ones allowed to vote were males that made up a very small amount of the
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July 16th‚ 1945‚ a test bomb was successfully detonated at a test bomb site in Alamogordo‚ New Mexico. Months later‚ on August 6th‚ 1945‚ the first ever atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. On August 9th‚ 1945‚ a second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. In my opinion‚ the dropping of the atomic bombs “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” on Hiroshima and Nagasaki‚ was not justified. I believe it was not justified because of the effect it had on innocent civilians
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WAS THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI JUSTIFIED? A bomb which was equal to 13‚000 tonnes of highly-explosive bombs‚ used to make the Japanese surrender‚ but also killing many lives‚ cannot be justified. When the highly-explosive bombs were dropped in Dresden‚ everyone had thought of this as very affective. But imagine how bad the atomic bomb would be‚ which could destroy a city only just by its radiation‚ let alone the actual explosion. President Truman of America made a decision of
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