Plato vs. Augustine on Memory Assignment: Plato and Augustine use memory in ways that are comparable and incomparable. What is the role or function of memory in their respective psychological writings? What are their differences? If they disagree‚ indicate how they would criticize each other’s work. Augustine begins describing memory as that of a house. He describes it as being a place where images‚ ideas and memories are kept. They can be accesses and stored‚ re-used and deposited as needed
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Compare and contrast Thucydides’ and Socrates’ analyses of the fate of Athenian democracy in war‚ of why the Athenians went to war‚ and of how and why they failed. The Peloponnesian War was the turning point in Athenian hegemony in Ancient Greece. It was fought in 431 B.C. between the Delian League‚ led by Athens‚ and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. According to Thucydides‚ Athens’ imposing hegemonic status and its overwhelming quest for more power made the Peloponnesian War and Athens’s
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Machiavelli vs Islamic Political Thought Niccolo Machiavelli was a political realist. He thought there were certain skills and characteristics needed to become a political ruler. In his work‚ The Prince‚ Machiavelli gives advice on how to be a successful prince‚ or ruler. "Successful" is partly based on how powerful a ruler was during his lifetime (reign)‚ but largely based on how much the prince affected the lives‚ through laws or societal norms‚ of future generations. Machiavelli was mainly interested
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Joel Kaufmann 9/9/2014 CH 202 Marc Oxoby‚ Holly Smith Makavelli in this Renaissance The term “Machiavellian” was first coined by Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli but the late rap artist Tupac Shakur has also used the term in his lyrics. Machiavelli was a historian‚ politician‚ diplomat‚ philosopher‚ humanist‚ and writer based in Florence‚ Italy during the Renaissance. Tupac Shakur was a gangster rapper‚ drug dealer‚ poet‚ activist and actor born on the streets of East Harlem‚ New York
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Machiavelli Essay. Machiavelli attempted to gain the favor of a local leader by advising the prince through the use of tactful deductive reasoning‚ vivid perspective‚ and plentiful historical references‚ to convey the important skills required to be an effective prince. The way Machiavelli used deductive reasoning was to portray the importance of doing a certain task and doing it properly‚ to have the correct effect. “He must‚ therefore‚ never raise his thought from his exercise of war‚ and in
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humanist‚ Niccoló Machiavelli believed that religion should not be added to the political spectrum. His ideals revolve around human nature and how it causes people to be merciless‚ selfish and foolish and hopes that a prince does not follow the lead of these negative traits. There are two different sides that a prince should have; he must be able to maintain and punish his people (for those who deserve it) but also to be kind when needed (but to be mostly cruel when necessary). Machiavelli explains that
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As I was reading through the chapters of my art book‚ there were two pieces of art that caught my eye: the statue of "Nefertiti" and the statue "Aphrodite of Melos." After researching both artworks‚ I realized that these statues are similar and different in many aspects. Nefertiti is regarded as one of the most influential women of her time. Her and her husband Ahmenhotep IV‚ ruled between 1352-1348 BCE‚ during the New Kingdom. After there rule of Akhetaten (Ancient Egypt)
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Niccolò Machiavelli (1469 –1527) was an Italian historian‚ politician and philosopher based in Florence during the Renaissance. He was a founder of modern political science‚ and more specifically‚ political ethics. He wrote his masterpiece‚ The Prince‚ which is sometimes claimed to be one of the first works of modern political philosophy in which the effective truth is taken to be more important than any abstract ideal. The descriptions within The Prince have the general theme of accepting that
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Machiavelli Vs. George W. Bush The Bush Administration was a very controversial topic after the terrorist attacks on 9/11/01. While some people said‚ “It was the right thing to do‚” others believed it was an outrage‚ and blamed Bush’s ideas on former‚ dictator-like philosophers. Niccolo Machiavelli was a famous political philosopher‚ who was in my opinion‚ the most similar to the Bush Administration. Machiavellis’ ideas on civil liberties‚ what government is supposed to provide and protect against
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Plato and Aristotle‚ arguably the most important philosophers of their time‚ both made attempts to define justice. Being that Aristotle was a student of Plato‚ their ideas share many similarities. Both viewed justice as the harmonious interaction of people in a society. However‚ Plato defined his ideal of justice with more usage of metaphysics‚ invoking his Form of the Good‚ while Aristotle took a more practical approach‚ speaking in terms of money and balance. Although Aristotle’s ideal of justice
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