Principality

MONACO Monaco or officially the Principality of Monaco is a sovereign city state, microstate and country located on the French Riviera in Western Europe. France borders the country on three sides while the other side borders the Mediterranean Sea. The country is divided into four areas: Monaco-Ville (the old city), the Condamine (port quarter), Monte-Carlo (business and recreation), and Fontvieille (recreation and light industry). Monaco The area of Monaco is only 499 acres. Monaco is…

Chapter Four: Now, Where Have I Seen Her Before? We’ll simply note that newer works are having a dialogue with older ones, and they often indicate the presence of this conversation by invoking older texts with anything from oblique references to extensive quotations. (Foster 30). How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Lively and Entertaining Guide to Reading Between the Lines authored by Thomas C. Foster stresses that “there’s no such thing as a wholly original work of literature” (Foster…

6. Some points for crucified Christ as the liberative homiletic: 6.1. Voice for the voiceless: The voice of the crucified Christ means defending the rights of the poor, having mercy on humble, unimportant people, protecting the weak, and liberating the oppressed. The kingdom in Christ’s name, filled with his Spirit, has to mean caring the rights of the poor, having compassion on the humble, and liberating the oppressed. The transformation of the image of the king into the image of the messiah is…

God has given us all the tools necessary for life and godliness as found in 2 Peter 1:3, “…as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue.” Part of these “all things” is found in Ephesians chapter 6. The Roman armor was legendary during the height of the Roman conquest. Paul applies the use of this armor as a basis for the armor of God. After reading, a person would naturally assume he was talking…

Opposing Visions of a Leader and the Ways in Which a Political System Should be Run In times of war, violence, political upheaval, and uncertainty, revolutionary thinkers often emerge to question how rulers can be effective, and what responsibilities they have to the people they rule. Socrates, who fought in the Peloponnesian war and lived during the thirty Tyrants period questioned authority. He challenged societal norms; and tried to change the values of the public. Machiavelli, lived…

The Different Meanings of Power Marco Polo, Niccolò Machiavelli, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Olaudah Equiano, and the Signatories of The Declaration of Independence define ideas of power and difference through their personal narratives or texts and the intentions of their writings. Primary sources that will be explored in this essay are Marco Polo’s The Travels of Marco Polo (1298) translated by Thomas Wright and William Marsden, the Venetian, Machiavelli's The Prince (1532) translated by W.K.…

In The Disabled State, Deborah Stone's main thesis is that disability is an administrative category in the welfare state that grants people with disabilities (PWD) special "privileges" and exemptions from obligations of citizenship. Her use of the term privilege when describing disability is provocative and sets the tone that she wishes to challenge popular held beliefs and conceptions of disability in modern Western society as a medical condition. She is interested in answering why social…

Academic Leo Strauss explains that Machiavelli wrote the Discourses to promote the imitation of ancient republics. Machiavelli longed for the rebirth of ancient republicanism . The Discourses also presents a perspective on both republics and principalities. As an example, Machiavelli explains, “rarely, if ever, does it happen that…

In Leviathan, Hobbes seeks to refute the argument of Machiavelli, that the best governments are those of usurpation or those taken and maintained by any means necessary, in order to preserve the sovereignty of government after England had been on the verge of civil war. In order to refute the argument for one in favor of a representative, sovereign government, he begins by describing the reasons for a civil government. He then explains the existence of the natural laws and their applications to…

stories of vampirism in eastern Europe. Quite interestingly, Vambery was the first to expose Stoker to the history of the mythical nocturnal monsters. Stoker’s intense researching and study of vampires furthermore led him to the book Account of the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia by William Wilkinson. In this book, Stoker learned that “Dracula”, previously known from Vlad III Dracula of Romania, means “devil” in the Wallachian language (Novels for Students). It was true from the…