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. ... James also criticizes their acceptance of philosophy, which he says is a replica of Ma'at, because they were the first to reject philosophy and bases his argument for the "Stolen Legacy " on this. ... " Egyptian Philosophy, Ma'at, is described as "the foundational ideal of ancient Egyptian religion and ethics"(Karenga, 2004). ... "Ethics" is an issue of human will and human permission. ... But Ma'at, ...

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Greek Ideal Philosophy has always been central to the Greek culture. "The Love of Wisdom", as translated from Greek, the art and the science of philosophy was born in ancient Greece and since then has found its way to Western and other civilizations. ... Their urge to obtain answers to questions that were central to human existence has influenced perceptions of arts, politics, ethics, as well as many other disciplines. ... Greek ideal, combination of idealized ancient Greek philosophies, has thus been formed. ... "Plato's political theory is developed in close connection with his...

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Hobbes spent most of his years in exile, because of governments that would not accept his philosophies. ... Hobbes philosophy revolves around politics and ethics from a naturalistic basis of self-interest. ... Hobbes had three main philosophies that he studied throughout his life that revolved around this philosophy. ... Thomas Hobbes philosophy is a major influence on today's society, since his philosophy still occurs over two-hundred years after his death. ... Hobbes had three main philosophies that he studied throughout his life that revolved around this philosophy. ...

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Aristotle and Niccolo Machiavelli agree that human nature predisposes men to serve their own interests, and that we need government to control our innate desires, and yet the two disagree on the origin of government and its purpose. Aristotle argues that man is political by nature due to speech. Through speech, men develop a common moral determination for what is just and unjust, and naturally form political societies in the acquisition of virtue. Although Aristotle's government operates in the pursuit of human excellence, it is based on an optimistic notion, that men will choose and cont...

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Thomas Hobbes, the famous author of "Leviathan", (1651), was a theorist on the law, the state of nature and the concept of social contract, and as such, one of the founders of modern political philosophy. ... His thought encompasses various fields (social criticism, political theory, ethics, theology) and is expressed in many literary genres such as speeches, novels...The complex freedom of man's original state of nature is the main focus of Rousseau's Social Contract upon which political freedom is based. ... Having taken the opposite philosophy of Hobbes, he ca...

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