The Ruling Passion

During 300-400 BCE, Greeks passion for reasoning and logic influenced the development of Western thought. Contribution to historical records, philosophers Herodotus and Thucydides were first to explain history; they would delve into the past to decide the facts and significance of historical events. For instance, Herodotus questioned and analyzed historical evidence to write History of the Persian War; however, not often did he differentiate between facts and legends. Later, Thucydides…

entailing the creation of a sovereign state from their times of distress. Though a century apart, these theorists did not coincide with their respective times. Hobbes denounced religion and the divine ruling of God for secular authority of a king, and Rousseau even further went against the ruling of a monarchy, for a republic that gave the people power. Their justification for…

all Shakespeare’s characters are controlled by at least one passion. One desire, common to several of the characters, is the desire to rule. This is strongly rooted in Prospero, Caliban, and Stephano as they bend others to their rule by controlling them with their passions. Each one has their own capacity to rule and their success is determined by the methods they use, the way they conduct themselves, and whether they let their passions get the best of them. By the end of the play, Prospero and…

first of all, what is “the ruling class”? The agglutination of segments that contains “rule” and “priest” may give the answer. The “ruling class” is the class dominant as signaled by Nietzsche in this. “Jewish instinct” is here transformed to “xxx instinct”, that is the rol of beliefs that makes the conduct automatized following the xxx religion, and in the case xxx = “jewish,” but may be “christian,” “buddhist” and so on. Thus, Christianity remains similar to Judaism. In conclusion, Nietzsche…

Similar to how we see many differences in views among politicians today, when we look back throughout history it is clear that there is a large contrast in styles of ruling among both ancient and modern political thinkers. Specifically, when looking at ancient political thinker, Diodotus, and modern political thinker, Machiavelli, there is a vivid distinction between their understandings of justice and how a healthy democracy should operate. Diodotus has a more rational understanding of justice.…

Board of Education, the ruling was merely a check against the majority to protect the rights of minorities. Majority rule is important in a democracy; yet when the majority infringes on rights of minorities, the power of the majority must be diminished in order for society to maintain justice. In Brown, it was noted that, “The plaintiffs contend that segregated public schools are not ‘equal’ and cannot be made ‘equal’ and that hence they are deprive of the equal protection of the laws” (188). It…

death, Nero became the fifth Roman empire. In the beginning of his reign, Nero acted for the benefit of his people. He reduced taxes, banned capital punishment, and banned contests that involved bloodshed. Nero was passionate about the arts, and this passion helped to further enhance Roman society and culture. Although Nero primarily provided for Rome, his motives as a ruler changed. Nero became immoral.…

In Russell Baker’s “On Becoming a Writer” he emphasizes how quickly one can discover a passion for something that they never knew they had. Baker describes that in High School writing was a challenge for him, and something that he was never very interested in doing whether it be in class or out of class. Although it is apparent to the reader that Mr. Fleagle is very passionate about what he teaches, Baker describes his teacher, as being “notorious among City students for dullness and inability…

hearts, Euryalus, / Or do our passions become our gods?” (Aeneid 9.244-226). Nisus is asking whether passions motivate human actions, or whether the gods make humans do what they do. While examining the cause of Dido’s death, Nisus’ question arises: Did Dido kill herself because her own passion drove herself to death, or because the gods instilled that passion in her? Distinguishing between her own passion and the gods’ passions are impossible. Dido possesses a passion for love and fear of…

meaning and some may view it differently, yet this is not just for pictures it can apply for people also. This picture is a representation of people who were happy that their leader had died. Many people did not like him and they were happy he was not ruling; however, this picture you would never suspect that this is the meaning behind it. This image looks like a bunch of hippies smiling and holding up a peace…