Republic of Gilead

The legacies left by Plato and Machiavelli, inspired and profoundly shaped modern governing. Their beliefs and views on how a ruler should run a government, constructed today’s political atmosphere. Despite the differences between Plato and Machiavelli 's visions on an idealistic utopian society, they both necessitate a ruler who possess the highest extent of reason within the tripartite division. However, their contrasting agendas they set for their ideal rulers, forged conflicting definitions…

Three Messages From Republic 1-5 In depth analysis of three important messages from Plato’s Republic Philosophical texts are very important to humanity. They bring us to question what exactly what we are doing with our day to day lives. How the world affects us to bring change to our routines and why exactly this change is good or bad. Plato and Socrates are no different. Much of Socrates’ work is through the written texts of Plato, despite many historians believing that the dialogues of…

Machiavelli and Socrates Would Not Support the Same Prince While both Socrates and Niccolo Machiavelli grew up in times of political turmoil and economic instability, Socrates would not be supportive of Machiavelli’s concept of a good prince. Their concepts of an effective ruler are completely different – the extent of their similarities are their experiences with political fragmentation and war. Both aim to establish a long-lasting government, but Machiavelli believes a ruthless ruler without…

The French Revolution led to the end of the monarchical system which had governed France and eventually the country was declared a Republic. After the execution of Louis XVI a debate ensued over how best to govern and stabilize the newly minted Republic. It was clear to the revolutionary leaders that creating a balance of power and enforcing the revolution’s principles of ‘liberty, fraternity and equality’ were pivotal to France’s reconstruction. Eventually, power was given to a twelve-member…

Dystopia in Utopia The word “utopia” descended from a Greek word meaning “no place” and today is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “an imagined or hypothetical place, system, or state of existence in which everything is perfect, especially in respect of social structure, laws and politics” (). Both Francois Rabelais and Thomas More describes the utopic world to depict the ideal human society, however, both describes a society in which dystopian features are extremely emphasized to the…

In my essay I will first sate the traits of an ideal knight and then discuss the characteristics of an ideal knight as represented in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight while comparing and contrasting them to the characteristics of ideal knights in traditional texts. Quoting examples from the text, I will then discuss, analyze and come to a conclusion if Sir Gawain has been represented as an ideal knight in the 14th century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. During the Middle Ages and in many…

non-liberals prefer a stronger rule. Next, because Republicanism has different meanings in certain contexts, I will clarify how I intend to use it. In the Latin American context, Republicanism is the ideology of governing a society or state as a republic (la. res publica), where the head of state is a representative of the people who hold popular sovereignty rather than the people being subjects of the head of state. Simón Bolívar is the founding father of Republicanism in South America, and it…

A question gone unanswered by the man who promised an explanation, “What actually does makes a republic tick?”. Joseph Epstein, in his very poorly named article “Machiavelli Explains What Makes Republics Tick”, does not actually talk about a republic, but instead ecompasess the quinecential Machiavellian style in order to give readers a proper understanding of the classic era without reading the work firsthand. Rather than focusing solely on the content of Machiavelli’s masterpieces, he instead…

Term: The term is Republic. Definition (What is it?) A republic is a system of government in which officials are chosen by the people. Significance (Why is it important? Short term effect) A republic was important, in ancient Rome, because this system prevented by individual from gaining too much power. In the early republic, the senate made the laws and controlled the government. Originally, its 300 members were all patricians, or members of the landholding upper class. Each year, the…

Both Canada and the USA have governments that seem to work quite well, amidst their differences. While the USA is a republic, Canada is a constitutional monarchy, and both are based on the ideas of democracy. However, they are different in many ways, and each government has it’s share of better methods than the other. For example, the USA has a definite term of office set for the president, 4 years, so that the president will know when he is done, and elections do not come as a surprise to the…