Essays on Ruler

Introduction

The complex nature of human government has been in existence since the classical period. In addition, the human government continued to employ titanic resources, which made it further complex. Consequently, political philosophers tried to create an understanding and influence various stakeholders with respect to human government. Such political philosophers have attempted to provide intricacies as well as paradoxes revolving around the political system that controls and manages humanity. Amongst the political philosophers who have provided the intricacies and paradoxes on human government include Niccolo Machiavelli and Thomas Hobbes. Machiavelli and Hobbes have provided similar and divergent views on purpose ...

The origins of word ‘astrology’ lies in the Latin word ‘astrologia’ which means ‘account of the stars’ (Harper). The advocates of Astrology attempted to define astrology as the form of symbolic language, a form of art, a science and a kind of method of divination (Dietrich, p.305). Astrology can be defined as the study of the relationship between the positions and movements of the stars and other celestial bodies and the life which is present on the Earth. The Astrology is based on the assumption that there exists a positive correlation between the astronomical phenomena and events that take place on the Earth ...

Introduction

The modern age has brought forth a series of innovations that have enabled people to organize themselves better through the formation of various structures. Modernism, as it stands, focuses on the presence of structures that provides for the organization of human actions. Verily, the concept of nationalism is a crucial aspect of modernist thought, standing as a prevalent status quo starting from the 19th century. This study explores nationalism under the lens of modernism. How is nationalism a uniquely modern concept? What preceded nationalism in terms of organizing people politically? How did the modern period feature the emancipation of nationalist thought? A ...

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The rise of Mongolia King named Genghis Khan remains one of the most dramatic happenings of the 11th Century. Documented history indicates that Khan was the founder and ruler of the Mongol Empire for 21 years until 1227. Most of the documented works about the Mongol ruler came from the voluminous script titled, “The secret history of the Mongols”. The source strays into describing the early life of Khan, adventures that facilitates his rise into power, and finally the aftermath of his leadership. Scholars from different cultural backgrounds have spent considerable time trying to establish facts about this unparalleled ...

This is the story which was composed as from the period when the Scandinavian militants invaded Britain. Beowulf has eventually played a big role towards the development of the modern literature. The author of the story is still unrecognized despite of the rumors which stress that the author was an Anglo Saxon. By the time the story was composed, invaders had already stayed in the Britain for so many years. Beowulf proved himself as the true warrior when he killed Greandal himself. He did not need mortal weapons any further since they were not helpful, instead he used the swords ...

Benedict and Beowulf each provide images of an ideal ruler and an ideal subject. Compare and contrast the descriptions of ideal rulers and ideal subjects in these texts. What qualities should a good ruler and good subject possess? What should the chief concerts of rulers be? Of subjects? How should rulers and subjects relate to each other? Do these texts provide examples of bad rulers and bad subjects? What make them bad? What do the similarities and differences between the images of rulers and subjects presented in these texts tell us about the value systems of those writing the texts.

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Every world nation has the periods of history marked by economic instability and internal conflicts. Civil wars leave countries deeply wounded after a conflict comes to its conclusion and a period of economic and political restoration is required to bring the country back to normal. Sometimes it takes decades for a country to re-establish its economic potential. Medieval Japan is no exception to this historical rule. Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu were the three outstanding military commanders who contributed to the unification of Japan after a hundred-year war. While all three generals had superior leadership skills both on the battlefield and ...

Throughout history, the ruling classes have normally offered protection to the areas of their jurisdiction. These rulers usually have the false hope of controlling their territory forever; thus they build harmonious relationships with the people they rule so that these people can protect them from external attacks. To achieve such a relationship between the ruler and his subjects, the rulers would occasionally instill fear into their warriors’ minds. The other way of building this relationship was through cultivating respect between them; the rulers and the subjects. In an Anglo-Saxon work like “Beowulf”, comitatus refers to the relationship created between the ...

1 Renaissance which also means’ the rebirth ‘was a European social movement that occurred in the 15th century. Middle age is used to refer to a specific time frame and, therefore, is not the same as renaissance that gives a description to a cultural movement. Renaissance was characterized with an urban society that included the growth of cities and development of cultural and economic centers. Middle age education comprised of Scholasticism, which was a doctrine that stated those in authority, should be accepted by the people without raising any questions. Those in authority included Aristotle and the bible as most of the scholars ...

Abstract

Those who strive for a cause way above their personal self are called leaders. Leaders who work as to bring harmony, to inspire and to create more leaders are named Transformational Leaders. A transformational leader is a must for every organization these days and they seek individuals out who have the potential of becoming one. Many examples of such leaders have filled the pages of history. Some have been highly coveted and some lesser so, but it is transformational leaders who have made a lot of difference in the world. This project is a study of transformational leaders, taking into account a very ...

Summary and Fundamental Ideas of the Writings

According to the Plato’s Republic, Socrates believed that people needed one another in order to survive. Generally, every person has his or her own strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, he argued that some people will do well in some art while others perform well in a different art. In this case, Socrates created some sort of City in Speech in order to elaborate on the aspect of justice and injustice in a wider perspective (Plato, 1966). According to Socrates, he believed that there is no difference between justice and injustice simply because there is no conflict in the city. Socrates, ...

"it might be a mistake to assume that the inconstancy and forgetfulness of the masses signify that they are cured of the totalitarian delusion, which is occasionally identified with the Hitler or Stalin cult; the opposite might well be true." (Chapter 10)

Arendt, in this quote, is referencing the tendency for totalitarian leaders to be forgotten and quickly abandoned after their own deposing, and that much of the time the totalitarian ideals go with them. To that end, it can be assumed (or at least implied) that people tend to follow the leader more so than the position; however, Arendt ...

Question 1. According to Machiavelli, power is the main means of ruling which can support ruler’s authority and influence on the subordinates. In this sense, he contradicts with the statement of his predecessors suggesting that kingdom should be ruled on the basis of morality and that the ruler should be an example of morality and goodness. In Machiavellian interpretation, the ruler might be good and moral to the point when he should secure his power and control over the kingdom. In acquisition of power, morality of means is irrelevant, only final result matters. Question 2. The ethics ...

The territory of the modern Romania in the middle ages was captured by the Slavs (VI century), Bulgarians and Hungarians in the IX century, the Mongol-Tatars in the XIII century. In the XIV century, the territory of present-day Romania was formed by two feudal principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia, which were conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the XVI century. In the XVI century, the Transylvanian principality was founded, which has left the Hungarian authorities and recognized the suzerainty of the Turkish sultan. In comparison with other Balkan territories, captured by the Ottomans, Moldavia, Wallachia, and Transylvania retained greater ...

Abstract

The objective of this experiment is examination of diffraction and interference of visible light when it is passed across narrow double and single slits. In order to do so, the diffraction patterns of light will be investigated through collection of pertinent data relating to the distance between pattern’s centres and maxima. Of particular interest in this experiment is the varying intensity of light and respective positions on the display screen as ascertained trough measurement and calculation of width and separation distances for respective patterns. The experiment concludes by highlighting the wave attributes of visible light as manifested in ...

Islam and Democracy

Introduction The literature that has been written about Islam and democracy are both highly complicated in terms of interpretation of the fundamentals of democracy and are in an equal sense argued from several points of reference. These factors are compelling and are significant to the level of democracy in the Islamic world. The comparative debate presented in arguments by Irfan Ahmad and Bernard Lewis creates major literature that reveals the limitations in this path of inquiry. The main proposition in their argument is the discussion of the cliché aspect that surrounds Islam and their objective levels. The core ...

(Insert Institute) The Roman Empire came into power after a series of territorial acquisitions that ran across the Mediterranean Sea from Europe to the Asian continent. Upon its emergence as an empire, Rome stabilized itself under a number of emperors and was until the rise of Christianity considered among the most powerful forces with which to reckon. The Roman Empire has also been considered to have had major influence on the functioning of the modern world, a feat accomplished through its governance of Europe and in turn, its environs. From religion to governance, Rome’s ideologies were found to manipulate the ...

I. INTRODUCTION: A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EAST INDIA COMPANY Upon looking at the history of the British East India Company in India, there can be little doubt that much of Britain’s superior ability to colonize areas of Africa, Asia, and the Americas was due in large part to the success and power of the British East India Company. In its heyday, the British East India Company commanded immense amounts of political and economic power in England, Britain, and abroad; however, its initial beginnings were much more humble. Initially, the East India Company was founded by ...

Confucius' Political Philosophy

Kong Qiu also known as Confucius by English scholars was born in the Shandong Peninsula in 551BCE. He was a great thinker, educator, political figure, and founder of the Ru School of Chinese thought according to Chinese tradition. His teachings were kept in the form of Lunyu or Analects and have been preserved for over 2000 years now. These teachings form the footing of much of successive Chinese theory on the education and conduct of the ideal gentleman, how one must live and interrelate with his neighbors, and the systems of society and government that he should engage. According to ...

Introduction

Asoka, an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty, is one of the most important followers of Buddhism. During his rule, Buddhism had spread widely throughout the world and became the leading religion. Asoka was initially a follower of Hinduism. At the start of his rule, he governed his empire in a way his predecessors did. The people described him as a cruel ruler. He sought to expand his territory. He invaded Kalinga and saw the deaths of many people. He regretted his actions and felt the sorrow and grief of the families who were abandoned by the people who died in the ...

Feudalism and patrimonial are two key factors in the styles of governance in the country, but how much has both systems affected the modern society? The very core of the society rests on the history of the world. Countries model their policies on past experiences so as to improve the conditions for the people. Of course, there are countries that continue to hold on to the traditions of the past and find that they have not accepted modernization. Interestingly, there are others who have changed from the steadfast practices of feudalism and patrimonial systems of governance, but, still they ...

Literature is one of the most useful sources of knowledge for human nature. The history of literature contains several seminal works that aid in the transformation of the human psyche and worldview. Readings like Machiavelli’s The Prince, George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant and Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr. are very famous works that have got immortalized in the minds of the avid readers all across the world. I value the readings because it gives me a sense of how others in the world analyze things and helps me to be more open-minded to new ...

Experiment A

Introduction The name dipole is given to a bar magnet since the magnet has two poles, that is, South and North. In case a magnet is broken into two, creation of two isolated poles never exist because the individual fragment still contain two poles. Magnetic monopoles do not exist hence the simplest magnetic field source is the dipole. Baxis, magnetic field, for an ideal dipole is given by Baxis=µ04π=2µd3

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Materials An iPhone compass Regular compass A ruler Tape measure Procedure Set an experiment on a wooden desk away from metal components, and ...

INTRODUCTION

When the average person thinks of ancient Rome the first thoughts that often come to mind are the immense columns and marble architecture synonymous with the era, they imagine the power and wealth of one of the most successful Empires of its time or they see it is as the modern epicenter of, the Christian religious denomination, Catholicism for the bulk of the world. However, the history of Rome is not just a story of arts, architecture, wealth, decadence or religious locale; it is also a story of immense wars, dictatorships, religious intolerance, mass conquests, a number of bloody wars, shifting religious ...

It is sometimes thought that Machiavelli disliked idealist positions such as those expressed by Plato or Aristotle when studying politics. Indeed, he actually proposed an approach to the study of politics that stood far away from what the classic philosophers formulated. This paper will expose the ideas expressed by the classical philosophers and see how Machiavelli differed from them and even criticized their approach. Most of western political philosophy is built on ideas that have been under development for thousands of years. Two of the most discussed authors are the Greek classics who gave the first notions of ...

(Insert Institute) An increase in population and wealth led to the creation of governments and in turn saw to the rise of powerful empires. Said empires have since been recorded among the most influential domains in the history of the world. Consequently, as one empire rose to power another fell in the hands of their enemies thus creating a form of competition amongst neighboring domains. For instance, Greece was a colony of the Ottoman Empire until the Greek War of Independence that lasted between 1821 and 1831 (Masters and Agoston, 2009, p. 240). Therefore, the empires rose to power depending ...

Introduction

The role of the government in the current society has become so huge, and it is unlikely to come across any society without a form or system or government which oversees its affairs. Government have always been a critical component of the society and throughout centuries, the institution of government has undergone a massive evolution. It is however important to note the structure, duties and roles of the government vary from one society to another. In fact, there has been an unending debate about the perfect structure of government. Confucianism and Daoism are two Chines philosophies that present political views particularly regarding ...

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The God created every one with equal capacity. God gave everything to us to live in this universe. The human beings are the only creature who were not satisfied with the wealth given by God, because some are taking more and some are forced to have less wealth this situation exists each and every were. The each and every part of the world is ruled by some democratic rulers; even some kingdom is ruled by kings. No one can say their rulers are good, there may be someone who always says his or her ruler is not ...

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Introduction Actually, community is such a main theme of the Beowulf and Odyssey that it just about looks like there is a stable reminder repeatedly in Beowulf. Each facet of life is overwhelmed in community matters; each meal, each gathering, each celebration is performed as a combine and whole. The happy times as well as the dire times are combined and shared inside the walls of the kingdom in Beowulf, mutually as one community. All through ‘Odyssey’, the perpetual gods rule the world with the ethical standard of caring the home as well as community. Anybody who deliberately ...

Most people are never going to have the experience of serving as heads of state, and will therefore never have to give much thought to armies, police forces, spies, fortifications and other matters like that to which Machiavelli devotes so much attention. He has gone down in history as a cynical and amoral man who admired cruel tyrants like Cesare Borgia, and argued that most human beings were motived only by fear and self-interest rather than love, goodness or morality. Machiavelli would simply have countered that he was being a realist about the world of warfare, politics and diplomacy, and those ...

Explication des textes

Introduction Explication des textes is an internal revelation of logic in a text. Explication des textes requires the involvement a comprehensive examination of objectives and purpose of an image, structure, style and other feature of art. The front piece picture was a creative work of Thomas Hobbes. For the purpose of introduction, Thomas Hobbes was a Derbyshire philosopher, historian and scientist of the 15th century. He is well known for his well articulated master piece of 1651 called the leviathan. He opinion was that the initial role of the government was to maintain collective security. In his arguments, he suggests that ...

According to Xenophon in his book The Education of Cyrus, "It is easier, given his nature, for a human being to rule all the other kinds of animals than to rule human beings" (p. 22). This quote sums up perfectly the difficulties of rule; one's followers, unlike animals, have the ability to revolt and to disagree with the way a ruler runs things. How can this go right and go wrong? Xerophon's philosophy of stable political rule is shown through the actions and attitudes of three rules in The Education of Cyrus: Cyrus himself, his foolish uncle Cyaxares, and the evil ...

The Middle East has been a region that has been in a state of crisis for over a century now. Since the redefining of its political boundaries post World War I, the prolonged conflict between Israel and Palestine to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the region has been the site of conflicts based on a wide range of justifications. Dictatorships, religion, land disputes, possession of weapons of mass destruction, the subjugation of populace, and, arguably, oil have been some of the common war points. However, just how true these justifications of war are depends greatly on the perception of the Middle East, its ...

Introduction

Teaching of linear measurements to middle level requires the pupil to had extensive knowledge on numbers. Linear measurements are first learnt in elementally mathematics. Children begin to learn linear abstractions at fourth grade. Although majority will be able to measure without problems, they are not able to conserve the measurements. The learners should have had learnt observation skills and shape vocabulary this includes circles, rectangles, triangles, square etc. Children tent to learn progressively from concrete experiences to abstract ones (Van Hiele 1986), i.e. they make connections from known to unknown and from simple to complex. The expectations are by ...

Shakespeare’s Richard II can be seen as a lesson in Machiavellian politics, and Henry IV, Part 1 as a coming of age story. However, they also both explore issues involving masculine and feminine character traits, and how they were defined by society at the time. Henry Bolingbroke is largely defined by his positive masculine characteristics, which lead him to victory. Richard is portrayed as feminine, weak, and irresponsible ruler, which leads to his downfall. Richard is a man of words, full of indecision, and paralyzed by doubts and fears. Henry, on the other hand, is a masculine man of action. In the ...

Christianity was not a popular religion than it is today. In fact, historians and theology scholars debate regarding the true nature of the Christian religion. Originally, they concluded it as a sect of Judaism1 since Jesus Christ was born a Jew. As a religious leader, He was charismatic, performed many miracles, and defended the poor as well as the oppressed. Through cultural diffusion2, the new religion gained a small but loyal group of followers such as the twelve apostles who would eventually travel the Roman Empire to preach His teachings and spread the awareness of the public to the Christian religion. History proves that ...

Discussion Assignment

Question.1. Kautilya states that “those in severe opposition may be quelled by punishment in secret”. What ethical principles, if any, can justify punishment in secret? Answer. The ideology behind a ruler’s successful management against his opposition can be explained in terms of Kautilya’s work, “Arthshastra”. Thus Kautilya states that a ruler can manage his opposition by either punishing them in isolation or by projecting them as offenders to the prince’s supporting natives. Kautilya’s reasoning behind above stated action can be explained as following: The prince should not punish the traitors or opposition in openly, this ...

What it means to be a hero during the time of the knights, what it meant to the populace, the knights, and the lords A hero is someone who is always courageous to face danger and save the day. He’s someone who is ready to sacrifice oneself for the sake of the others. Weakness does not feature anywhere in his character as a person. He may be weak in body muscular, but he has a heart of a lion and ready to deal and tackle with anything that poses a threat to humanity. Heroes are super men in the history who ...

INTRODUCTION

When most people think of Ancient Rome, they imagine great marble statues, sky-soaring columns, and men and women dressed in draped togas. However, there is one name that is eternally synonymous with this Ancient era, Julius Caesar, the great and incredibly powerful ruler, whose reign would end with his assassination, by his friend and peers. Most people’s interpretation of Julius Caesar comes not from history, but from the imagination of the William Shakespeare, in 1599, within the pages of his play titled, “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” (Layson and Zurcher 1). Many people see this play as a pointedly ...

Compare And Contrast Essay

Byzantine era placed a great importance on Christianity, and it is no wonder to see a lot of artwork produced related to the life that Christ. These painting were hung within the walls of the churches, and the viewers were given the chance to connect with the ideals they revered (Byzantine, 2011). The purpose of the essay is to compare the Lamentation over the Dead Christ and the Sinai Christ. Lamentation over the Dead Christ, wall painting, St. Pantaleimon, Macedonia, 1164. When Roman Empire was moved from Rome to Constantinople in 324, the Byzantine Empire came into existence as the " ...

"The Prince" is one of the most important works of philosophy, which Machiavelli created in 1513. It was published only in 1532 - after the death of the author. Since it was written by Italian writer it is necessary to pay attention to what political situation in Italy in those days. Italy at that time was divided to few small states. In these states, have preserved the outward forms of the republican system, but in fact the city-states were ruled by representatives of a noble families. Italy has become a kind of arena of wars, which was constantly attacked by ...

Shakespeare is remembered as a legendary play writer. Most of his works are defined as tragic plays which results in the untimely death of the main characters. The main characters in his plays meet their “tragic” death through breaking the norms of the society, “Vienna and Verona”. Fornication and adultery are sexual crimes that trigger mixed reactions in a society, some debates on the person who ought to be punished, the lady or the man or both? However, what causes a greater storm is the acceptable form of punishment for the offenders. While some societies have “friendly” punishments, others punish the sex ...

Confucianism is one of the belief systems or religion that help shaped ancient history. Despite the difference in diverse governments and civilizations that existed and continues to exist, Confucianism is one thing that gives them similarities. One of the nations which have been extensively affected by this belief system is the country of Japan, particularly during its Nara period which encompasses the history of Joan from 710 to 794 CE. Much of Chinese and Japanese Confucianism derived their doctrines from the Analects of Confucius. The said record delved extensively with ethical principles in governance as well as personal values. ...

Introduction

The passage from the Republic by Plato is prone to different interpretations. To gain full comprehension of the passage the reader is obliged to delve deep into the platonic debate between Socrates and Glaucon. The trajectory of the argument according to Plato, was that democracies are governments ran by fools. The principal argument in the discussion was that democracies elect courses of action without a coherent understanding of the matter they are handling. The overriding argument was that only those who are fully experienced in statecraft should be allowed to rule. ‘Socrates argued that the cobbler and the medical doctor ...

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Group Number TA’s Name Abstract The permeability of free space is an important physical constant when dealing with electromagnetic theory in physics. By carrying out this lab experiment knowledge about procedure to find this physical constant was gained. During this experiment several safety issues as well as various careful measures were taken as group members were dealing with current and sensitive balancing device.

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Purpose of this experiment was to calculate an experimental value for μ0, the permeability of free space after balancing repulsive magnetic force between two wires with antiparallel currents by utilizing a known gravitational ...

The Mongolian Empire was very vast and divided into four Khanates, ruled separately by an individual Khan, and also overruled by the Great Khan. The Ilhhanatre had ruled Persia as well as Middle East, the Kipchak Khanate had ruled Rushia, Great Khanate had controlled China and Mongolia, and Chagatai Khanate has ruled Western Asia. In the year 1260, Genghis Khan’s grandson, named Kublai Khan became the Great Khan. After four years, he moved his capital to Beijing from Mongolia in the Northern China for the purpose of ruling China. However, in the year 1271, Kublai Khan adopted the ...

The Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220) was built when Prince of Han, Liu Bang, smashed the Imperial Army of Qin in Wei Valley. The success was initially a piece of a mass disobedience that emerged after the demise of the First Qin Emperor. The individuals were disillusioned and miserable with the tyranny of the Qin successors and their distinguished govern in the domain. However, despite the fact that Chinese antiquarians portray the Han Dynasty as a time of changes, there are evidences that the Han emulated a large portion of the tenets of the Qin Dynasty. This was done through logically incorporating ...

The prince is a political treatise which political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli which was a dedication to Lorenzo di Piero de medici.in this dedication Machiavelli describes the type of society they live in and advices the prince on how to maintain a firm grip of his political power and ensure loyalty from all his statesmen. Machiavelli opens his work by saying, “all states all powers that have held and hold rule over men have been either republics or principalities” (Machiavelli, p.1). This is perhaps one of the earliest instances of the use of the word state to refer to an administrative territory. Machiavelli ...

Introduction

Henry VIII, Elizabeth 1st and James 1st are among the most prominent monarchs in the history. A common factor among the three British royals is their strong religious belief. As heads of the British crown, their religious affiliation had a tremendous impact in their governance considering their high influence to their subjects as monarchs. The royal’s religious belief constitutes a significant impact to the life of their subjects, which will be discussed in the following section. The religious belief of the three aforementioned rulers are significantly attributed to life and death of their subjects as religious following is an enormously significant ...

Introduction

The book of Daniel is a unique book in the Old Testament. It contains visions, dreams and supernatural proclamations. There are some notions in the bible that are easy enough to understand but then there are also some notions that are hard to decipher. The prophecies of Daniel fall in the category of notions that are hard to understand. While commenting on the seventy sevens in the book of Daniel, John Walvoord said they were vital in understanding Old and New Testament prophecies.In the midst of all the great prophecies, the prophecy regarding the Seventy Weeks still stands out as ...

Qin Shi Huangdi: Was he a good or bad ruler?

Out of the several Empires that had led China into its greatness in the 21st century, the Qin Empire (221-206 B.C.E) is regarded as one of its most successful eras as it had paved the way to the construction of a more organized China. Under the leadership of Qin Shi Huangdi, the Chinese had both welcomed change and uniformity as he led the Qin Empire to greatness which is still visible in modern China. However, questions and arguments persist regarding Shi Huangdi’s leadership as he had also ushered the end of the various schools of thought throughout China and ...

This is a report paper which provides a brief summary of introduction to linear algebra by John R. Durbin. The paper shall provide a brief summary of the three chapters of the book; chapter 11, 12 and thirteen.

Introduction

Modern algebra has been causing much difficulty to the learners and the professors as well. This is attributed to the complexity of the unit and elaborative theorems and formula used in the unit .therefore in this papers I have tried to simplify the theorems and formulas to easen the understanding of the topics such as Galois theorems permutation and many more. This report will ...

Thomas Hobbes’ Leviathan (1651) was a key work of political philosophy because for the first time a writer argued that nations and societies work best when there exists a social contract between all members of a society and those that rule them or the individual that rules them. Hobbes was writing just two years after the execution of Charles I of England and Scotland – a king who had tried to rule as an absolute monarch. Charles I had been tried by Parliament and found guilty of treason: a strange charge we might think, because at the time treason involved the betrayal of the monarch. However, ...

Augustus Caesar First Emperor of Rome: Despot or Good Leader?

Augustus Julius Caesar the First Emperor of Rome has a mythological presence in the history of Western Civilization. This paper discusses two contrasting views of his leadership qualities. Was Caesar a despot or was he a great leader? His legacy and the mark he left on history leaves no room for a moderate stand on this Caesar. Two articles will be used to help judge whether he was a positive force or a negative force. Both were written after the death of the First Emperor. The Deeds of the Divine Augustus by Augustus was published ...

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In the framework of the modern merge between philosophy and economic theory, two opposite theories of socio-economic development of human civilization are of specific interest. The first concept theory is Mill’s perception of the liberalism and its further contribution to formation of free market system. The second one is classical Marx’s theory of socialism, which should save humanity from social stratification and anarchy of the free market. In order to understand the correlation between those two concepts and realize what might be wrong about liberty, Mill’s work “On Liberty” will be analyzed from the perspective of ...

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The politics affecting Middle Eastern countries has a direct impact o world economies and politics. Yet, the political system of Muslim countries greatly differs from modern Western concepts, leading to misconceptions about the morality of such a system and doubts about its feasibility in the modern democratic world of politics. In this paper, I will be firstly be discussing how religion and politics in Islam cannot be separated. I will further discuss the rationality behind Islamic politics existing in the modern democratic scenario. Unlike Christianity, Islam does not consider its clergy and its political rule to be different and to ...

Perhaps one of the more interesting elements of the plays of William Shakespeare is that his romances typically do not progress as one might expect. Instead, he uses peculiar situations, such as identical twins falling in love in the same city, fairies casting spells on mortals, and women falling in love with women dressed as men. Appropriately, his comedy The Taming of the Shrew is no different. In this play, Petruchio tries to woo and tame the outspoken and domineering Katharina so that Lucentio or one of the other suitors might be able to marry her younger sister Bianca. ...

- In Book 1 of the Republic, why does Socrates think that it is never just for one person to injure another, whether friend or enemy? Socrates begins his argument with the proposition that justice consists in repayment of debts. The general argument was on the lines that one ought not to injure friends. Injuring enemies was considered to be acceptable. It was taken for granted that friends are good and enemies are bad. However, Socrates pointed out that a man can be seemingly good or bad. One who pretends to be a friend may have bad intentions at heart. ...

A society is a combination of different components that make up the society. Among these components is marriage as well as families. Power is among the pillars of any society and whoever is in power decides how the society will be. This is always a tricky position that requires one who is careful so that the people of such a society are kept at peace and that all the intended functions of the society continue as planned. The issue of gender equality however varies with different societies. There are societies that have women in higher positions while there are others that do ...

Why is the Renaissance considered the Age of Rebirth?

OR, if you are so inclined, watch this video and, combined with the material you read from the text, consider Machiavelli's Prince and tackle one of the following prompts.

1. Consider legality vs. morality as expressed by Machiavelli and any other ideologies present at the time, discuss how it is similar or different than political/legal practice today, and explore any legal issues/themes that strike your interests about it or related works.

2. Consider the impact that Machiavelli's theories and their practice might have and/or did have on the economic climate, explore the economic pros and cons of a ...