clashing against each other. And in the back of your mind‚ you’re thinking this is the most relaxed I have ever been. Where are you? Well you’re in the Dominican Republic!!! The country known for its hospitality and friendliness‚ baseball‚ beaches‚ and the most amazing styles of music. * Luckily‚ my family descends from the Dominican Republic‚ so I’ve had a chance to visit. I recently conducted a research between 5 of my closest friends‚ and surprisingly none of them has ever visited the country
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The Justice of “The Republic” In his book “the Republic”‚ Plato tried to build up an ideal society. He divided the ideal society into three classes: rulers‚ guardians‚ and workers. As long as each class of people lived harmonious and did their responsibilities‚ the society would become stable and prosperous. How did make people live with harmony? Obviously‚ the core issue of “the republic” is justice. Justice is a proper‚ harmonious relationship among the people in the three classes. Plato suggested
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In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates goes to great lengths to explain and differentiate between the ideas of opinion and knowledge. Throughout society‚ most common men are lovers of sights and sounds. "Lovers of sights and sounds like beautiful sounds‚ colors‚ shapes‚ and everything fashioned out of them‚ but their thought is unable to see and embrace the nature of the beautiful itself (Republic 476b)." The few who do recognize the beautiful itself are followers of the sight of truth‚ the philosophers
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The Weimar Republic faced a lot of problems during the 1920’s. Germany had just been defeated in the First World War and the Government that had just come into power had no other choice but to sign the Armistice. The German people was angered by this because they believed that they had been ‘stabbed in the back’ which I will explain later in this essay. There was then a peach group that was formed called The Treaty of Versailles but this Treaty didn’t look favourably on Germany and made German pay
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Republic Day is one of the three national holidays of India and the greatest festival celebrated in the country. It is celebrated every year on January 26‚ in New Delhi with great pomp‚ fanfare and pageant. While in the capitals of the States and other headquarters‚ it is marked with patriotic fervor. The most spectacular celebrations are marked by the Republic Day Parade that takes place in the capital of New Delhi at Rajpath. It includes march past of the three armed forces‚ massive parades‚ folk
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Alexis Shipley History 201 Dr. Giffin September 19‚ 2014 Birth of the Republic During the Seven Year War against France‚ England encountered many expenses which lead to the nation falling into a great debt. This debt created many issues between the British government and its people. England’s people felt as if the King was trying to rule over them and not take their own personal beliefs into consideration. The government tried to resolve the issues of their debt by creating new acts that would
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Justice In Plato ’s The Republic‚ the author seeks to define the meaning of justice. In the story‚ the main character Socrates and some other men are discussing the subject of justice in the city and how one might judge what is just. At one point in the argument‚ Thrasymachus‚ one of the debaters and a sophist‚ makes a very broad and controversial statement: "Justice is nothing other than the advantage of the stronger." This sparks a heated discussion between him and his friends‚ who ask him to
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a partially free nation with relatively scarce civil liberties (5 out of 7‚ 7 being least free) and 2.5% of their gross domestic product going towards military spending. Social stratification of wealth information is not available. The Togolese Republic scored a 46.66 out of 100‚ ranking them 117th on the 2015 social progress index. This illustrates that there is still substantial room for improvement in basic human needs‚ opportunity‚ and the foundations of wellbeing. The country received its
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Our country celebrates our Republic Day on the 26th of January every year. This day is of a great importance in the history of our freedom struggle. On this day in 1930 we took a pledge on the banks of river Ravi at Lahore that we will struggle for the achievement of complete indepen-dence ( Poorna Swarajya ) of India. We became independent on 15th August 1947. We chose 26th January 1950 as our Republic Day. Our new Constitution came into force from this day. India was declared to be a Sovereign
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PLAOT ON CENSORING ARTISTS – A SUMMARY In The Republic‚ Plato makes a systematic case for censoring all arts. The task of the Platonic philosopher is to take up the “ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry” [607b] and to assert the State-enforced dominance of philosophy. To that end‚ The Republic as a whole is a powerful integration of philosophy‚ religion‚ education‚ and politics‚ and its argument for the political suppression of most art follows from that integrated system.
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