Republics

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In The Republic by Plato, the world is first introduced to the allegory of the cave. Since then, philosophic thought has been permeated by the idea that one must intentionally acknowledge biases in society and recognize that intelligence is not a natural state. Socrates allegory of the cave proves that a human being’s natural state is one of ignorance, and one must have the capacity for reason, adhere to the Form of Good, and question reality to achieve philosophical thought. Additionally, the…

Narrative Essay When I was 10 I when to the Dominican republic for my grandparents 50th anniversary. It was fun, it all started in 5th grade we had to pack our bags that was annoying we had to pack everything my mom wanted in our bags and as a 40 mother a 10 year old hates what your mom likes. For instance my mom wants dress clothes for special dinners I bring out some tan shorts and a sport shirt, but my mom has different plans, she makes me get a collared shirt which I hate to wear and then…

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…

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…

The significance of temporality is explained in two very different ways by Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes. The limitations of states and the fundamental driver of what is essentially the human decay that amounts to the dissolution of the state. Both are aware that political systems decay over time. They attempt to dissolve the problem of preserving the political system over time. Their views on history shape their solutions, however both think very differently. Each is aware that…

I do not agree with Machiavelli's statement for a few reasons. The main reason I disagree is because Machiavelli's idea of peace seems to fall into the category of nonviolence and a lower crime rate. However, I do not think that this is the full peace that a nation should have. There may be "peace" just because people fear disobeying the tyrant or the power, but that does not ensure that there is actual peace and happiness in the everyday lives of the citizens. Tyranny cannot be justified if it…

During the Sixteenth and Seventeenth century the Political Development had many changes that occurred. France and England were growing vastly and becoming over populated. They both wanted to create and stabilize a Government. The two most important political developments were the Parliament Monarchy and Absolute Monarchy. In this short essay, I will talk about France and England, talk about the two different political models and also what the conditions were like under them. The first Political…

The French Revolution Timeline May 5, 1789- King Louis XVI convened the Estates General (which had not met in 175 years) to levy a new land tax to hopefully solve his monetary woes, (the French king and country were broke). June 20, 1789- The newly created National Assembly, which was mostly made up of the middle and lower classes of the Third Estate, was going to be shut down by the King, but N.A. declared that they would not disband until they had written a new constitution for France. This…