Every time when I discuss politics I can not help but to think back on two people that so long ago have reasoned and imagine political theories that are still in use today. ... I armed myself with Hacker Andrew's Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science: New York: Macmillan, 1961 and took a stroll down the "philosophical memory lane". ... Plato is regarded by many experts as the first writer of political philosophy, and Aristotle is recognized as the first political scientist. ... Aristotle helped to developed some democratic ideas. ...

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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. ... Hobbes believes that we use God to help us in problems that may occur in the future and that we ask God why certain events occurred as they did. ... 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...

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Modern thinkers rejected classical philosophy as unrealistic, cosmological. Machiavelly was the thinker who influenced on many thinkers and suggested an idea that classical philosophy unrealistic. ... According to Hobbes, classical philosophy was characterized by lack of exactness, overestimation of the power of the reason. and we can see, that Hobbes's ideas, methods, as well as the whole modern philosophy emerged as opposition to classical philosophy. ... Moreover the progress helped to spread Machiavelly's work and affected on the thinkers and people. ... As this very science h...

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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. ... Greek ideal, combination of idealized ancient Greek philosophies, has thus been formed. ... Meeting the needs of the people was very important within the State, and to help meet the needs of the people Plato thought that the relationship between the individual and the State would be similar to the relationship between parents and their...

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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."" ... Government cannot maintain these broad situation and issues with one ideology or philosophy. ... Military industry helped George Bush in the last election, therefore Korea needed to concern maintain moderate relationship with U.S Government by buying aircrafts to keep Korea peninsula pea...

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When you start mixing politics and philosophy, you get a strange mixture of theories that work in theory itself but have never been tested in practice. ... Plato is probably the first writer of political philosophy, and Aristotle is recognized as the first political scientist. ... They helped to develop some democratic ideas that were the foundation of democratic societies that came long after they died. ...

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With the passing of time, political views on the philosophy of government gradually changed. ... Their ideas and philosophies spread all over the world influencing the creation of many new governments. ... Rousseau has the impression that if people believe they are part of the government, they will work, fight, and build, without complaining in the belief that what helps the good of all people is going to be beneficial to them. ... Rousseau has the impression that if people believe they are part of the government, they will work, fight, and build, without complaining in the belief that what he...

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List All Courses Needed to Graduate Course Credit Requirement Course Credit Requirement Latn Am Civilizatn -Colonial Period 3.00 SPN/HST Criminology 3.00 SOC The US-Vietnam War 3.00 HST Juvenile Delinquency 3.00 SOC Physics in Sports 3.00 Science Field Experience 4-16 SOC World Politics 4.00 Pol Sci Penology 3.00 SOC History 297 3.00 HST Age of European Dictators1914-45 3.00 HST Civil War and Reconstruction 3.00 HST 20th Century World History 3.00 HST Senior HST Capstone 3.00 HST Chemistry in Modern Science 3.00 CHM Chemistry Lab 1.00 CHM Urban and Community...

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With this in mind, it seems almost impossible for cooperation to exist and to help improve a potential problem if one arises. ... People may ask themselves just how much assistance they would offer to someone who never helps them in return. ... AFTERTHOUGHT: In our last class we brought up the thought that philosophy is unique because it can be applied to all situations. Every major and field involves philosophy. ...

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He was interested in the whole range of philosophical and scientific ideas of the time, but especially in political philosophy. ... Hobbes argues that the original state of nature is a condition of constant war and he comments upon this situation as: And because the condition of war of every one against every one, in which case every one is governed by his own reason, and there is nothing he can make use of that may not be a help unto him preserving his life against his enemies; it followeth that in such a condition every man has a right to every thing, even to one another's body. ...

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Locke's philosophy is that humans have the natural desire to pursue and secure life, liberty, health, and possessions, and that in agreeing to the social contract those are secured. ... It is instilled in the people to believe that when they work to help society they are in turn helping themselves. ...

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In order to avert this, John Locke proposes a shift from the state of nature idea to a state where there is a group selected by the people to help protect the rights of private property for peace and order to be restored. ...

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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. ... The late seventeenth and most of the eighteenth centuries saw many upheavals in England, which helped to shape the major ideologies that would eventually become the fuel of the Revolution. ...

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Many studied the writings of their past, both arts and sciences, and reflected on various philosophies of life, in order to determine the best ethic for the individual. ... This writing is a cry to help society improve upon itself, allowing radical thought to bring new ideas that institute the desired freedom of human expression, while simultaneously improving internal social conditions and relations to other societies. ...

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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. ... Moreover, the Reformation, Counter-Reformation and the following wars of religion helped to prepare the ground for a secular political system. ...

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Anarchism is the philosophy of a new social order based on liberty unrestricted by manmade law; the theory that all forms of government rest on violence, and therefore wrong and harmful, as well as unnecessary (Goldman, 3). ... According to them, in general, the problems would be solved by society, so if there is any conflict of interest between two people the society would mediate and solve it, or in the worst case that could be achieved with the help of the private police. ...

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Hobbes - founder of modern social thought - tried to explain nature of man and society w/out recourse to assumptions of Greco-Christian tradition - born 1588 - Only certain principle of human conduct was self preservation - Descarte- humans could still know reality even if no resemblance between our sense experience and external world - Elements of Philosophy physics, psychology, & political implications sections, basis of work - Theory hold that all social relations are artificial & are products of calculation rather than impulse or affection - Humans must give their consent to absolu...

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