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    In the late 1700s, the Federalists Papers, essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay spoke volumes to the colonial citizens. Divided into factions, the Federalists and Anti-federalists had their own views on how the government should be run. Avid supporters of the Constitution, the Federalists made a name for themselves, disguising the fact they were committed to a nationalist government. On the other hand, the Anti-federalists focused more on the true principles of the…

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    Samuel Seabury and Alexander Hamilton’s exchange debates the logic behind the colonists’ desires to spilt from Great Britain and reveal that Seabury presents a by far more logical argument for the continued relationship between Great Britain and the colonies. Samuel Seabury’s “A View of the Controversy between Great Britain and her Colonies” is a response to Alexander Hamilton’s “A Full Vindication of the Measures of Congress, from the Calumnies of their Enemies.” In fact, the dialogue between…

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    A single word that describes an alternate reality that may never be witnessed by humans. Utopia, according to Oxford Dictionary, is defined as “An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect.” Saint Thomas More, an English 16th century philosopher, lawyer, and Renaissance humanist, published a two-part book called Utopia. The first portion relays the corruption in England through the eyes of More and a few friends as they sit in his garden chatting. The concepts they discuss…

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    Albert Camus, a philosopher of the twentieth century, claimed that: “A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world” (The Tribune). As expressed by Camus, man is depicted as civilized, living in a society of morals and manners, while a beast or animal is considered cruel, coarse, and acts only on instinct. In Life Is A Dream Pedro Calderón de la Barca explores both natures through the hybrid character Sigismund, who begins by embodying a rough filthy nature when he acts maliciously…

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    Authority and Democracy are both very important factors within society, in regards to the state and the people within society, philosophers such as Plato and J.S Mill both discussed and formed opinions of both authority and democracy. However, both of their views appear to be very different in terms of distribution of education amongst society and the extent of political truth. Throughout this essay, both Plato and J.S Mill’s theories will be explained and analysed to show the differences and…

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    Walking through a small Indian village Gandhi hears Max Weber and Hannah Arenht debating about politics. Intrigue by the conversation, he decides to join in. Gandhi has been contemplating whether his strategy on non-violence action will appeal to the Indian people, in addition, whether it will have the outcome he desires for India as a future state. India has been under the British Empire and the Indian people feel powerless to take back India. As Mahatma Gandhi is consumed by the suffering…

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    Book Review: The Radical and the Republican by James Oakes James Oakes, a historian and renowned professor at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is also the author of the book The Radical and the Republican. His book goes into details depicting the debates and the civil war, which took place in the mid-1800.These debates were focused on Fredericks Douglass’s attitude towards slavery and the emancipation of slaves, as well as the political attitude of Abraham Lincoln. Oakes…

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    CHAPTER –4 JURISPRUDENCE FOR PROTECTION OF WILD ANIMALS 4.1 INTRODUCTION In view of James Mill, every man desires to have for himself as many good things as possible, and there is not a sufficiency of good things for all, the strong, if left themselves, would take from the weak everything, or at least as much as they pleased; that the weak therefore, who are the greater, have an interest in conspiring to protect themselves against the strong. It also appeared, that almost all the things, which…

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    Lee de Forest, also known as ‘Father of Radio Broadcasting’ and some of his peers were one of the first people to send a public radio broadcast, the broadcast was sent from the Eiffel Tower. The radio is the single best invention out of all the inventions our class discussed. Firstly, the radio gave us communication for when satisfactory moment happen or when dissatisfactory events happens. The radio saved countless lives when people were in life threatening situations. Secondly, the radio…

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    British Rule In Jamaica

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    Should Jamaica accept failure and be ruled by the British? We all want to be independent but sometimes we are not ready to be independent on our own. Jamaica was a part of the British colony until 1962 when it decided to become independent. Leaving from under the British rule was one of the major blunders that Jamaica made. Providing that Britain is one of the most important and wealthiest countries in the world, Jamaica could have been striving. If Jamaica was still a part of the British…

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