Education is used to make everyone conform by overloading society with idle information and by book burning which is to prevent individuals from thinking on their own. ... Bradbury was concerned as he felt people were less likely to read books and be educated, he expresses his value for conformity in the book through the use of advanced technology (telewalls) as citizens accept what they see and don't question government authority. ... The state uses futuristic tech to avoid individuals from thinking and to conform, for example Montag tries to remember a book in the train however he can...

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I am going to start by a small introduction to each book and then relate them both to each other in terms of differences and similarities. As a start, Paine's book explains how a society is positive and constructive for its people, whereas a government originates from the evil of man and has main duties to protect liberty, life and property. ... Both authors use an analogy which sounds similar in each book, but the opposite use of the analogy gives it a philosophical depth on two different levels. ... Towards the end of Paine's book, one can feel the nationalism and the reasoning acc...

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At several points, the Politics looks back to the conception of the highest human good worked out in the Nicomachean Ethics, and the concluding chapter of the Nicomachean Ethics (X.9) looks forward to the Politics, culminating in a list of questions about political systems which corresponds reasonably well to the questions he addresses in the Politics, as the following chart indicates: Outline of the Politics Questions in Nicomachean Ethics X.9.1181b17-24 Book I: types of communities: the city, the household; household management Book II: critical survey of proposed and actual constitutio...

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It could easily be said that with this book the author may have trying to ingratiate himself to all the local nobility; on the other hand, knowing what follows might also suggest that Machiavelli was really attempting to play off the nobility's fears of chaos and insecurity, guaranteeing safety if they read his short piece. ... The lord most would consider ruthless and cold, but whom Machiavelli names a virtuoso, is but one (probably Cesare Borgia, son of Sixtus IV) character in the book. ... Adams has done it very nicley so I shall not repeat them here) which is part of what gives the ...

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Machiavelli stresses this later on the book when discussing the benefits of building fortresses, he states, "the best fortress a ruler can have is not to be hated by the people" . ... He feels that as far as politics are concerned the actual actions of the ruler need not be morally sound, if the outcome benefits the state, the actions of the ruler will be judged honorable by the majority of people and praised by everyone because "people are impressed by appearances and results " and pay little attention to the wicked deeds that may have been done as a means to an end. ... At times Machia...

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In the state of nature, says Rousseau, "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (Book I: I 169). ... Book I of Rousseau's The Social Contract stresses that this contract will sustain liberty and/or freedom more efficiently than the state of nature, thus, paving the way for lawful and sound political power. ... "Might does not create right," explains Rousseau (Book I: III 173). ... In Book II, Rousseau will first explain the inalienable status of the sovereign, the body of people that are "the true foundation on which all Societies rest" and then the laws that help to maintain th...

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In the state of nature, says Rousseau, "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (Book I: I 169). ... Book I of Rousseau's The Social Contract stresses that this contract will sustain liberty and/or freedom more efficiently than the state of nature, thus, paving the way for lawful and sound political power. ... "Might does not create right," explains Rousseau (Book I: III 173). ... In Book II, Rousseau will first explain the inalienable status of the sovereign, the body of people that are "the true foundation on which all Societies rest" and then the laws that help to maintain th...

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Bernard Bailyn composed the book The Origins of American Politics in the form of three essays, which were delivered, in their original form in November of 1965 as the Charles K. ... Although this theory sounded great and seemed to be maintaining peace, the reality in England was far from it. ... There were 144 articles published between November 1720 and December 1723 and they were all compiled into a four-volume book called Cato's Letters. ...

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It is also important to consider exactly how much say Rousseau does allow the people as part of the Social Contract and whether it is fair to call the book a licence for tyranny. ... The idea of a civil religion sanctifying the society's values and particularly the laws from the law giver sounds somewhat like indoctrination. ...

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He looked at the various kinds of government and completed analysis of what made them effective in his book, The Spirit of the Laws. ... "Killing is murder unless it is done to the sound of trumpets" expressed Voltaire's anger at the actions of the monarchy. ...

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While some have considered this book to be a bible for tyrants and condemn Machiavelli as a preacher of political immorality, the message that he was clearly trying to present was that the historically held beliefs that noble traits such as honesty and godly virtues that a ruler should possess would eventually lead to his destruction if and when the citizens choose to exploit his weakness. ... Regardless of the reasons the book was written, it is remarkable that so many of the observations and suggestions contained within the publication can be seen five centuries later. ...

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