In his well-known “Allegory of the Cave”‚ the Greek philosopher Plato used the analogy of people lost in a cave to explain his belief that only enlightened philosophers should rule‚ since only they could truly understand the world. When I compared Plato’s ideal government to the workings of a modern democracy‚ I realized how different these two are. The U.S. government relies on the rule of the people‚ and does not limit voting rights or the pursuit of public office to any particular class. If Plato’s
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Tory Macdonald 9.25.12 Ethics of War and Peace Essay #1 My question: Plato‚ Aristotle and Cicero all talked about Just War Theory‚ and emphasis on the Just Warrior. Obedience and loyalty ( can lead to destruction. Plato‚ Aristotle and Cicero‚ the fathers of the Just War tradition‚ develop and enhance the concept of civic virtue and the necessity to uphold such morality during the most chaotic‚ violent and brutal of times – war. They each defend the necessity of war; yet emphasize
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Mohandas Gandhi and Mao Zedong were two great leaders who succeeded in many ways by their actions and decisions. Gandhi was an Indian leader and Mao a Chinese leader. However‚ their approach to success‚ peace‚ and ultimately‚ a revolution‚ was very different. Mao favored peace through violence‚ and Gandhi favored peace through non-cooperation and standing up for what is right. He also believed that these changes will be accomplished by “conscious suffering”‚ was the way he put it. However‚ despite
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BUSE TOPALAN HIGH INTERMEDIATE R/W 10/05/14 TWO DIFFERENT CITIES IN TURKEY Istanbul and Ankara are two biggest and most important cities in Turkey. Both of two cities are substantial town in my country. They are also differ from each other regarding their role‚ their history‚ weather and style. Some may think that these two important cities could not be more different but they have very unequal roles. One of the difference between two significant cities are
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The American dream is a symbol of hope‚ empowering the characters to endure the tribulationsof life. In Of Mice and Men‚ protagonists Lennie and George have created an American dreamthat one day they will "have a bigvegetablepatch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when itrains in the winter‚ we’ll just say the hell with goin’ to work‚ and we’ll build up a fire in the stoveand set around it and listen to the rain comin’ down on the roof [SIC]"(Steinbeck 16). The dreamis a stronghold; it allows
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Labria Hines En 101 Dr. Howe Although Mitchell Stephens and John Long believe that technology gives way to computerizing images‚ Stephens believes that it is okay for journalists to alter such images‚ while Long does not. Both authors talk about honesty in altering images‚ but neither feels the same way about them. Each author makes valid points in their essays and the reader can clearly distinguish which side they stand on. In Mitchell Stephens’ essay‚ Expanding the Language of Photographs
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Compare and contrast two places Samui Island and Phuket Island are the most beautiful city in Thailand. In these places‚ there are many attractive landscapes to visit. Despite of some differences‚ they share values that make them become the best city in Thailand for leisure. The first difference of them is their location. On one hand Samui island is a small island and so romantic for travel‚ and has a lot of the new style hotel. On the other hand‚ Phuket Island
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Jeanne Brletic 2nd Writing September 16‚ 2013 An Assyrian artistic style different from that of Babylonian art‚ which was the dominant art in Mesopotamia‚ began to emerge c. 1500 BC The conquest of the whole of Mesopotamia and much surrounding territory by the Assyrians created a larger and wealthier state than the region had known before‚ and very large art in palaces and public places‚ I believe‚ intended to match the noble art of the neighboring Egyptian empire. The Assyrians developed
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A look into Plato and his understanding of the philosophical ways of life; in this paper we will do just that. There are many aspects of Plato’s understandings of philosophy and its relationships within a society and we will dig into a handful of them. Those few being Plato’s understanding of philosophy and its relationship with politics; The Allegory of the Cave and how it shines light on Plato’s concept of education. The next being the characteristics and abilities of a philosopher making them
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The allegory of the cave describes a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives‚ facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them by puppeteers‚ and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to Socrates‚ the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows
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