During the political turmoil within the city, the study of classical texts and the values learned from them were to be fused with the republican beliefs of the time (Humanism 1). ... Neoplatonism during the Renaissance was a revival of Platonism, a dualistic philosophy based on Plato's Republic. In this book, Plato categorized the world into two realms, one of visible reality and another of intelligible reality, and four separate levels of knowledge. ... Neoplatonism was a resurgence of these Platonic ideas, but humanistic thinkers attempted to integrate Christianity and philosophy into a...

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The two oldest traditions that Bellah and the others social scientists identified they chose to name as the Republican and the Biblical traditions. The first of these they apparently named as Republican because it espouses the values found in Plato's classic, "The Republic." ...

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The early humanists, such as writer Francesco Petrarch, studied the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans for inspiration and ideology, mixing the philosophies of Plato and other ancient thinkers with the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Niccolo Machiavelli-republican idealist, or right wing fascist? ...

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Most notable among the Greek philosophers who inspired Machiavelli was Plato. In particular, Machiavelli took interest in Plato's concept of just rulers who ruled by moral virtue. ... On the other hand, Plato argues a ruler can never be unjust. ... This is not far from what we aspire for in a republican society. ... We can clearly see Machiavelli's objective examination of republican leadership. ...

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To realize how these differences can be resolved, I like to reference Plato who has stated, "Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance." What I believe Plato is saying, and I will agree with him, is that with all matters, excluding matters of aesthetics and taste, there is a right and a wrong, a correct and an incorrect. ... Mind you, the complexities of society deserve more consideration than simply determining that the Democratic Party (more progressive) should overrule the Republican Party. ...

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Readers of Machiavelli's work have found that unlike other writers of republican concepts, he is very careful to only mention justice in a sparingly manner. ... When thoughts of "justice" were pondered in Ancient Greece, early students of Socrates accepted actions that were to the benefit of friends and detriment of enemies as the standard definition of justice (Plato I.332b). ...

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Socrates, Plato, etc.) the referendum that was to do away with the monarchy that Greece was under did not come until much later. ... There are two major political parties in Greece and they are similar to Republican and Democratic parties are in the states. ...

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"This response to a published statement by eight fellow clergymen from Alabama (Bishop C. C. J. Carpenter, Bishop Joseph A. Durick, Rabbi Hilton L. Grafman, Bishop Paul Hardin, Bishop Holan B. Harmon, the Reverend George M. Murray, the Reverend Edward V. Ramage and the Reverend Earl Stallings) was c...

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