Plato as a philosopher criticized democracy as a government not fit to fully represent the eligible citizens or the majority. ... Plato's first and best government is aristocracy; this is a case in which the ruler is a philosopher, someone whose soul has been educated through the contemplation of arts and the exercise of the intellect. ... Plato said that for kings to rule fairly, they should receive the education that will make them philosopher kings and this will be hard to achieve mainly because there will be no consensus concerning the standards of the education for one to be a philo...

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However, another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes comes in contrast with John Locke. ... Continuing on with the great philosopher John Locke, he was a man with many great theories that governments are using in this day and age. ... Another philosopher by the name of Thomas Hobbes would disagree with that. ...

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Swiss-French writer Benjamin Constant and ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle offer conflicting viewpoints concerning the merits and possibilities of ancient Greek democracy. ... The Athenian philosopher Socrates was sentenced to death because he did not succumb to Greek norms (Liberty 323). ...

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He and other political philosophers of the time taught that governmental and political power should come from the people (Lefebvre; Lee). ... The concept of democracy continued to be prevalent in Europe with the philosophies of an English philosopher by the name of John Locke and a French philosopher named Jean Jacques Rousseau. ... In essence, these two philosophers said that the people should have input on how their government is run. ... In this great document, written by Thomas Jefferson, many ideas are taken from the aforementioned philosophers, Locke and Rousseau. ... Political thinkers ...

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Philosophers Hobbes and Locke have their own personal views of state of nature and state of war, while many similarities can be perceived many differences can be as well. ... Within the essay I will discuss the similarities of the two philosophers view points, how one may think Locke's outlook is better, then explain why it is not and why Hobbes ideas are correct and in fact should be lived by. ...

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A point that is shared is the idea that the majority could exert its powers over the ruling body and influence its decision making, and on this one point the two philosophers are very insistent on fearing the idea of coercion. ...

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The state of nature is the reverse of society. When there is no civilization, the state of nature exists. The natural state of nature is one of the major focuses in philosophy related to politics and government. Philosophers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau examined the causes of man's misery, while Thoma...

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In the 19th-century English philosopher John Stuart Mill, in his 'Considerations on Representative Government', insisted "the State should require and compel the education, up to a certain standard, of every human being who is born its citizen." ...

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In this paper I am chiefly going to discuss and criticize the ideas of Emma Goldman , Daniel Burton, and Henry Thoreau about what anarchism is, why people in general, and these philosophers in particular criticize governments, and which are their solution for improving the situation, would anarchism really solve the problems or make the situation even more difficult, and what anarchists promoters fail to explain. ... So in this essay I am going to argue against anarchism because in that situation people`s lives and their wealth would at every moment be endangered, or as Thomas Hobbes stated...

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Philosophers such as Machiavelli and Hobbes, didn't necessarily emphasize the role of the state in an economic fashion, however, the desire for government interaction and the ruling of a sovereign power concludes their possible actions when regulating the economy. ...

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Hobbes and Locke in our time Nowadays, especially after the terrorist acts on September 11, 2001 and the war in Iraq, terrorism is a top issue, that turns the attention of the whole world. The reason for that is that the nations are threatened for their security and safety. Constant conflicts and...

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Political factions have played a fundamental role in shaping governments here and around the world in history and will continue to influence in the future. Factions divide a government based on different beliefs of key issue in policies, such as spending and warfare. Political factions are both bene...

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Introduction Malaysia is a country that practices Parliamentary Democracy and Constitutional Monarchy since achieving independence from British rule on August 31, 1957. The structure of government in Malaysia is very similar to what is practised in Great Britain. This is due to the fact that the ...

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The Influence of the Greeks on American Democracy "Tyranny is the rule of one man to the advantage of the ruler, oligarchy to the advantage of the rich, democracy to the advantage of the poor." -Aristotle Democracy: a form of government that makes political decisions directly exercised by the whole ...

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