Populus

Socrates, the man who forever changed philosophy forever. In fact, he changed it so much that when trying to put ancient philosophy into a timeline, it is often broken up into “Pre-Socratic”, “Socratic”, and “Post-Socratic”. This is just one form of breaking it up of course, but it does highlight the importance of Socrates. Socrates was especially different in that he brought philosophy to the common man; his idea was that anyone could be a philosopher. He was able to think this because of both…

There is no doubt that an ever present tension between races and different ethnicities exists in the United States today. Due to this constant increase of societal pressure, a decent number of professional athletes, musical artists, and many other celebrities have decided to use their platforms to bring the injustice of racism to light. How these protests have been received by the general public is an issue that must be discussed. Colin Kaepernick’s ongoing protest of racism in America,…

charcoal and fuel, because they have short rotation period and they have advantages in competing for light, nutrients and water resources over native plants (Li et al., 2014; Nguyen et al., 2014; Chaudhary et al., 2016). In temperate and boreal zones, Populus are planted to provide shelter, protect soil and water resources, and sometimes produce wood fuel. For Salix species, they can be used as potential bioenergy crops (Brown, 2000). According to Chaudhary et al. (2016), non-timber monoculture…

Niccolo Machiavelli would not have written the Prince if his life were any different. He was born in Florence, Italy in 1469. In 1494 he became an Italian diplomat for the city of Florence. He served while the medici family, who were a wealthy bankers who had high political power in Florence, were in exile. One of Machiavelli’s duties included his creation and maintenance of the Florentine militia whom he created because of his lack of trust of militia’s. However, with help from Pope Julius…

In a Utopian society, corruption, crimes, and criminal intent is a societal non-factor, however, we do not live in a Utopian society. Our society is filled with crimes and criminal intent that is potentially harmful to the bystanding citizens of the world. Terrorist, murderers, rapists, human traffickers, and many more illegal actions pose a threat to the worlds citizens. On a global scale about 1.6 million people lose their life due to violent encounters with another human per year. This…

Our society runs rampant with all kinds of inequality. Racism, sexism, and xenophobia are just a few of the problems that plague our world. These problems all have the potential to hurt people socially and emotionally. However, there’s another type of inequality whose impacts go beyond social and emotional harms. Income inequality hurts people psychologically and economically, and its implications span a global scale. Andrew Carnegie writes in “The Gospel of Wealth,” “The problem of our age is…

Stemming from a progressive household, Hari Kondabolu’s humor is a reflection of how he was raised. Kondabolu is a comedian who uses his voice to discuss social issues regarding race, sexuality, identity, and civil rights. Under the guise of comedy, Kondabolu is able to raise awareness and share his stance on the subjects, while maintaining real humor that people can laugh along and relate to. Kondabolu cites his identity as the catalyst for the beginning of his career, as the lack of Asian…

To write about the changes that have taken place in a word, one must consider the changes that have taken place in the world over a grand space of time, and the word nation embodies this. Nation is a word that has gone through drastic changes in meaning over a great period of time. This word truly demonstrates how a word evolves with the cultures that use them. It evolved from a derogatory ancient Roman word applied only to foreigners’ lands to a modern English word to describe a place…

wrote Hamlet at a time when England was embroiled in debate about the nature of ghosts. The Elizabethan people believed in the existence of spirits. However, there was a discrepancy in how the people believed the spirits interacted and influenced the populus. The conservative held to the old doctrine stating that ghosts were spirits of deceased people and therefore not evil, while the reforming denied the possibility of ghosts in favor of spirits being evil devils. The Elizabethan Era was also…

It was time for the Americans to create a constitution, which will help prevent tyranny. It is the government’s duty is to promote safety and security for the citizens living in the American society. In May 1776, after gaining independence from Great Britain, colonies wanted to develop a new government system to regulate the power of the authority. Most of the states had their own Constitution, such as New Hampshire, South Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and Delaware, etc. A Constitution is an…