The Republic

Book 1 of The Republic Book 1 of The Republic is set in the house of Cephalus at the Pareas. Three people, are gathered together listening to Socrates as he speaks. The three who were gathered together include Timeas, Critias, and an unnamed person (Plato 183). In this dialogue Plato, under the guidance of Socrates, desires to answer two very distinct questions regarding justice. The first question that Plato was going to try and answer was what is justice (187)?. The second question that was

governments, ideal cities and even ideal rulers over the course of the semester, from Aristotle’s Politics to the city described in the Melian dialogue, there is one that undoubtedly left a greater on me than the other- the city described in Plato’s Republic. From Plato’s remarkably feminist ideals and vague sense of barebones socialism, there’s a lot in this city that I hypothetically would throw my support behind. This is not to say that I think that this is the “best” option of the cities that we

The Fifth Republic end the Fourth republic in 1958, which is a system with a semi-presidential system created by Charles de Gaulle. In this system, the president is elected by popular election. Also, the president is the head of state and prime minister is the head of government. It is important because its help understand how the actual political system in France works. The ordinance of Villers-Cotterets in 1539 stipulated that royal business be pronounced recorded and delivered in the native France

Kamal Mohamed, Sanford H. Calhoun High School Introduction: The court will be hearing the case of the Republic of Haiti versus the French Republic. The mannor of the case will be concerning the Independence debt of 1825 in which the French Republic issued a tax amount of 90 million gold Francs in the year 1825 due to the Republic of Haiti 's desire to leave the French Empire. The French Republic calculated the amount after the former slave owners totalled the loss after the former slaves revolted

The Roman Republic Governments around the world today are based off the design of the Roman Republic for numerous reasons. The reason for following a democratic type government is to allow the people to participate and have a say in their government. The meaning of a republic according to History Alive is, “a form of government in which leaders are elected, to represent the people.” The Roman Republic was not like this however. The plebeians, the majority of Rome’s population, fought for a voice

The Czech Republic is located nearly in the center of Europe and was recently known as Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic is bordered by Slovakia, Germany, Poland, and Austria. The Czech Republic was a part of Czechoslovakia until 1993 when it split into both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With it being a fairly new country, one would assume that it is struggling to catch up to society economically, this is simply untrue, because the Czech Republic is one of the most economically stable countries

According to Madison, a large republic is better suited to govern and preserve a country than a small republic. A large republic has many advantages over a small republic, specifically the unifying and centralized power that represents the people. However, the number of representatives must be large enough to limit power but small enough to encourage communication. With too many representatives, there would not be a close knit relationship that develops with small group and it would be difficult

The Weimar republic by:Efren Camacho, World History, pd 1 Weimar republic weaknesses were important because, the Weimar republic was elected for a new republic of Germany later on,that did not turn on well. First, the weimar republic was elected for new government Jan,1919. The Nazis came to power in the 1930’s, and manich to establish a dictatorship.why were the Weimar republic weaknesses significant? The origins of the Weimar republic, weaknesses, how did Hitler come to power

for democracy to exist the state must be accordingly structured with principles of democracy. The key distinction between democracies and republics is within the limits placed on the state by the law, especially with concern for minority rights. Both systems generally use representational voting that often takes place in legislatures/parliaments. In a republic, a constitution will guarantee protection for individual rights that cannot be restrained by the government. By contrast, in a pure democracy

The cause of a republic is simply, purely, patriotic. We love this country, and its people, so much that I believe our head of state should be one of us- an Australian qualified not by their dynasty, but by their citizenship to our country, Australia. Right now our head of state is the head of state of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth. It is difficult to know what monarchy represents in modern Australia. In 1901 ‘the queen’ was necessary, we were not an independent nation, and we needed the monarch