This paper seeks to verify the definition of political philosophy, to further analyze its origins and give evidence for the origin of political philosophy in Ancient Egypt. There has been great debate on what is political philosophy, Sabine and Thorson give a famous definition that political philosophy can be restricted to the disciplined investigation of political problems and as such it was invented at a particular place (among the Greek) at a particular time (5th century BC). ... James also criticizes their acceptance of philosophy, which he says is a replica of Ma'at, because they w...

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Although it appears Aristotle and Machiavelli disagree on the role of virtue should play in political life, it is important to note that their definition of virtue does not derive from the same source, and therefore these terms are not synonymous as they appear in the translations of these two texts. ...

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However, in 399 BCE, Socrates argued that civil disobedience is never appropriate, and was so convinced that his philosophy, or social contract theory, was completely justified that he chose a to die rather than to live in order to become an example for others who would be faced with the same situation. ... Since Socrates' era, many acts of civil disobedience have occurred and, many people say, propelled society forwards in its development of the definition of justice. But as justice becomes more defined, society must also seek the definition of civil disobedience as opposed to criminal...

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Politics it self strived to find idealistic methods of politics and philosophy in the history and so now we are living in the capitalism and democracy society. ... These global politics events substantiate the sentence "Politics is pragmatic occupation with little room for ideals, ideas and philosophy."" ... Politics holds economy of certain country and to be profitable position among the trade with other countries, policy of government must be practical rather than searching for their ideology or philosophy in it. ... Government cannot maintain these broad situation and issues with one ide...

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He is therefore, by definition, content with the laws and infrastructure of the Athenian State: "seeing for himself the political organisation of the State and us its Laws, (Socrates) is permitted, if he is not satisfied with us, to take his property and go away wherever he likes." ... In his trial, Socrates ran the risk of being banned from practising philosophy, an idea Socrates could not bear to face. ...

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First he believes there to be a "lack of clarity"(viii) in the definition of politics and the focus of its study. ... Along with obscure definition and focus, Bailyn argues that, "Politics in the colonial period is a subject peculiarly difficult to locate within the broader dimensions of American history. ... Since 1660 England had been absorbed into the idea of separation of functioning branches of government, it was a popular theory with the extreme radicals during the Civil War and both Locke and Montesquieu discussed it in their political philosophies and writings. ...

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Consequently, historical examination of this concept provides an outline for the inquiry made regarding the nature of liberty "its definition, its implementation, and its value. ... The sixteenth century witnessed the emergence of philosophies of liberty opposed to those found in antiquity and the Middle Ages. ...

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From this definition two aspects of sovereignty attached to the notion of state are born; internal and external sovereignty (Lansing, p. 297). ... The achievements of the Renaissance in art, literature and philosophy were particularly important in the secularization of life; thus there was a corresponding decline in the religious authority of the church. ...

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In the Leviathan and the Second Treatise of Civil Government, Hobbes and Locke, respectively, both ground their political philosophies at the same location: the state of nature, meaning the natural condition of mankind prior to any artifice such as government. ...

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