Republics

In Plato’s Republic Glaucon goes through a process of philosophical protrepsis key to developing Plato’s purpose. Glaucon’s journey of consisted of an altering of his conception of freedom from a negative one to a positive one when he was influenced to succumb his theories to Socrates’ challenges. Socrates manages to take Glaucon out of this dark cave where Glaucon encourages being a slave to his desires through this method of challenging, reasoning, and alternative. The process in which…

The Obama Administration’s policy toward the Democratic Republic of the Congo is centered on helping the country become more democratic, at peace within its region, and more able to provide for the basic needs of its citizens. The U.S. provided $277 million in bilateral aid to DRC in 2016, along with $166 million in emergency assistance. Targeted sanctions under Executive Order 13413 (2006) focus on human rights issues such as sexual violence and child soldiers, both of which are exacerbated by…

Imperfection has no place in the republic because it hinders the role of justice in society. Socrates says all imperfect babies will be thrown away because they will not benefit the republic in any way. Anything that is produced by citizens that is not beneficial will be annihilated. Imperfect thoughts and ideas can lead citizens to unjust actions. Socrates says, "… they should be careful not to let a single fetus see the light of day, but if one is conceived and forces its way to the light,…

After a long, brutal civil war, the Timocratic Republic of Patrick O'Conner is in a period of unrest. Attempting to earn back the money lost, the government has begun selling their military as mercenaries. Having learned of this, the populace is enraged and the Republic is on the brink of another civil war. Recently, a group of revolutionaries has vowed to fight and restore the nation's military. On the other side of the world, the New Federal Republic of Emerstari has learned of the struggle…

The Feasibility of an Extended Republic in America Governments are only as effective as their structure allows them to be. A government that is large and unwieldy will rarely be efficient due to the red tape and bureaucracy bogging it down. The power structure in a monarchy differs from the structure in a republic. When deciding the shape of the American government, the Founding Fathers carefully considered all shapes and sizes of government to try and find what would suit the new nation the…

Becoming a republic influenced the people living within the borders of the new country. It gave them civil, political, and religious freedom that Mexico's reign had not allowed. Such of these freedoms that made the citizens more satisfied in Texas than in Mexico. The first freedom, civil freedom, allowed the citizens the freedom of speech. When the Texans wrote their Constitution, they modeled it heavily after the U.S Constitution, so they allowed the people civil freedom. Freedom of speech…

philosophers think. We have spent the quarter looking through Socrates' eyes, and I will be analyzing a piece from The Republic. In the republic, Socrates toggles with the question "what is justice?” Although he gives no actual definition, he tries to explore the idea and indirectly giving us an idea of what justice is. However, the main focus of this paper will be on book eight of The Republic, which looks into the stages by which the city in speech disintegrates gradually…

Around roughly 380 BC, Plato composed arguably his most influential political work, The Republic. This dialogue stands out among Plato’s many for several reasons. First, unlike the bulk of Plato’s dialogues, The Republic is more didactic than dialectic. In the dialogue, rather than deconstructing others’ ideas and assumptions, Socrates spends most of the dialogue putting forth his own ideas pertaining to justice and the state, which was highly uncharacteristic. Second, it is Plato’s most…

understanding of what was important to the people. This, in essence, is what Torelli describes in his article regarding architecture in the Roman Republic. It describes the art and architecture changing to support what the Roman’s were most passionate about. In the beginning of the article, he explains that one of the biggest indicators in the birth of the Republic was the stark change in the use of terracotta decorations. Torelli describes that the use of terracotta decorations went from…

Running Head: THE DUTCH REPUBLIC THE DUTCH REPUBLIC The Dutch Repulic Hieu Le Columbia Southern University The Dutch Republic Regarding Spanish King Philip II, who imposed unfair laws in the Netherlands, he considered this country as business issues rather a political territory. Instead changing his legislations to prosper the Dutch, he even ordered the military to insult the protestants. As a result, many intensive conflicts occurred, led to the defeat of Spanish, and the…