Polis

afford the bronze armour, shields, and spear and sword required to be a soldier of Greece. The Hoplites fought in a phalanx formation, a square of shields and spears. The remainder of the army were the horsemen, the wealthy nobles who defended their polis (city state) on horseback. The horsemen numbered about 4,000 and were not as good compared to an average Persian cavalryman compared to the difference between the sparabara (lightly armoured spear infantry, armed with a bow and large shield)…

What made him a political figure? To answer the question “What makes Aristotle a political figure?” one must first define what political is. Politics is derived from the Greek word polis, which means a city, or a sovereign state. Political is also given many other definitions such as “of or relating to politics” and “being involved or concerned with politics”. Given these definitions, one can now tell if someone is a political figure…

Philosophical inquiry, from Plato’s view, seems to have a very vital and practical purpose in the health and stability of the polis. And of course for Aristotle, it is the use of reason that provides us the surest way to the good life; for if we can live moderately, and discover the virtues in life we must pursue to achieve the good life. Reason here enables us to free ourselves…

segregate the tyrant’s sexuality from his political power: each symbolizes the other. His notorious perversions (adultery, bigamy, rape, incest, sadism, necrophilia…) are the sexual manifestation of his extraordinary relation to the laws and norms of the polis.”[1] The tyrant wants more; their disordered desire means they are seen as eros incarnate[2]. No matter how much a tyrant has, he wants more. As a result, they are usually undone by their desires…

and until a vaccine was created it did not look like there was any way to stop the spread of it. Since then we have seen dramatic declines in polio infections ranging to about 32-52 a year worldwide which is lower than bubonic plague infection rates. Poli is not the only disease that has been put into a choke hold, Whooping cough, Measles, Mumps, Small Poxs and HIB have all been reduced since vaccines were developed, Vaccinating benefits the whole more than it does for a…

Morality consists of principles that distinguish between right and wrong (Collins dictionary, 2015), which means it refers to certain code of conduct that, under certain provision, would be put forward by all rational persons. Ethical consumption of meat and vegetarianism has been a notable debate for quite a long period of time with a lot of arguments still going on. Vegetarianism has failed to take a strong ethical stand since the nature of all human beings is to adapt to an omnivorous diet.…

Police protect the people at all costs, but what happens when the people can’t trust them due to psychological drivers? A big issue with cops right now is implicit bias can affect their decision making in stressful situations. Implicit bias is a belief formed by a society, created unconsciously through everyday experiences, which can result in stereotypes from generalizing. It comes from our brain’s ability to make sense of the world through grouping. Implicit bias is hard to avoid. Subliminal…

Have you ever wondered that the definitions of morality, ethics, values and virtues are made by men and not by ‘gods’? These are created in order to put a barrier from conflicting interests. That is why, according to Hegel, rules and laws are considered to be a compromise among the differences of men. Although, how can laws of men be seen as “good” when past (some at present) practices of the primitive societies, do not seem ethical right in the twenty-first century. Roman nobility treated…

The word polittia in Latin mean police, which means civil administration. Politia also goes back to the Greek word polis which means city, therefore it can be concluded that police officers can be viewed as those involved in the city 's administration. The word politia became the French word police. The English took over the word and use it to mean as civil administration. The police are used to represent the civil power of government of government, contrary to the military power of government…

I take no issue with the concept of de over bloodshed. Although do take some argument with it being affixed to the junzi. Aristotle does something similar with the aristocracy of the Greek polis so I also refute his concept of lead by nobility example. The issue that I have with the junzi or aristocracy leading by example is that it pervades a form of elitism. An unqualified elitism I might add because it has been my experience often where…