Reflection on: the “Republic‚” by Plato. Greek philosopher‚ Plato‚ is considered to be one of the most influential people in Western Philosophy. The fact that he was a student of Socrates and a teacher of Aristotle leaves no questions about his competence. One of his fundamental works is the “Republic”. Even though it was written in 380 BC‚ Plato’s and Socrates’s thoughts are still relevant in twenty first century. This paper will evaluate the quote from the “Republic” and provide a summary
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Welcome to the democratic republic of the Congo (DRC). Where the land is rich with minerals of all types. Located in the Continent of Africa. The country has many exports goods and services. The people of the Congolese‚ Live to about the age of 54. The DRC official language is French but the natives also speak Lingula‚ Kingwana‚ and Tshiuba. A brief background on the Democratic of the Congo is or was establish as in Official Belgian Colony in 1908. The republic of the Congo gain its independence
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Weimar Republic The Post-World War One era saw great fluctuation in European politics. This ranged from the fascist control in Italy under Mussolini to the Stalinist regime of the Soviet Union. Perhaps no other nation saw such a dramatic governmental fluctuation‚ as did Germany. Germany began this time period as the staunch democracy of the Weimar Republic‚ but was later turned to the fascist dictatorship of Adolf Hitler. The most important overall reason for this severe change in government was
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Assignment – Let’s Be Lefties for a Day! This assignment is designed to shift your viewpoint just a bit and hopefully help make clear what it is like to be different from the mainstream of society‚ as well as how the perception of normality is based on how closely you resemble the majority of people. There are two concepts at work. One is institutionalized discrimination‚ in which groups or categories of people are placed at some level of disadvantage by the normal way that society operates. The
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There is currently controversy between the state and federal governments regarding the legalization of medicinal marijuana. On the federal level all use or possession of marijuana is illegal‚ but in California‚ laws have recently been passed at the state level that allows the herb to be grown and distributed for medicinal purposes only. In order to avoid constant battles between the two I feel that the final decision on legalizing marijuana should be left up to the state level authorities. If the
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Oscar Bravo English 2 08/28/14 Labor Day Coming home from work late at night stressed out and tired. You come in and you’re in a bad mood so you ignore your kids because all you really want is some sleep to get ready for another day of working late. People should really complain to their boss about having a no work day‚ cut hours or at least ask for a better pay because they get paid very little for working such long days. In this essay I will explain why people should stand up to their boss about
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2.5.4 Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre‚ Puttaparthi Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre The Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre project had been conceptualized and initiated by Sri Sathya Sai Baba near his Ashram at Prasanthi Nilayam at Puttaparthi‚ Andhra Pradesh in 1984. Immensely inspired by the Kodaikanal Observatory of Tamil Nadu‚ he had set up this planetarium‚ so that it would be an educational trip for every person wanting to know more about space and beyond. Sathya Sai
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together‚ never apart” Oscar Arias Sanchez Plato’s writings on happiness are seen as a representation of Socrate’s view since Plato was his student‚ and presents his writings on happiness in three dialogues‚ namely Euthydemus‚ The Symposium and The Republic. As to necessary conditions for happiness in the Euthydemus‚ he argues first that happiness is what everybody desires; it is the end or goal of all our activities‚ unconditional good; secondly‚ he says that happiness does not depend on external things
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Dominican Republic: Electrical Deficit Prepared by: Team E Submitted By: Team E DeVry University Course: LAS432: Tech‚ Society‚ and Culture Date Submitted: June 16‚ 2013 Table of contents Dominican Republic Background 4 History of bad government 4 Monetary policy 4 Serious economic inequality 6 Underserved Rural Population 7 Public Debt 8 Electrical Deficit 10 Old infrastructure 11 Energy theft 11 Outages 12 Electrical Deficit 12 Dependency on generators
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democracy‚ a republic or something else?” According to the article On Democracy in Our Republic by an unknown author‚ there is a logically reinforced thesis that the United States is a republic and not a democracy. Supporting his claim he reminds American’s that their nation was founded on the principles of liberty and limited government; not on a democracy. He points to the daily reminders such as Liberty Coins‚ The Statue of Liberty and the pledge of allegiance; which says “and to the Republic for which
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