Plato and Stephen Hawking

Veterans and active duty military personnel face unique problems and special considerations when it comes to the abuse of alcohol. There is a drinking

U.S. veterans and alcohol seem to go hand in hand. Even if a military member was not a user of alcohol prior to service almost all become a user during and after service. Alcohol is used frequently in military culture. Whether it is a celebration, promotion, victory, loss, demotion, or defeat alcohol is used to commemorate the moment. The question is what is alcohol and why is it the go to choice for services members?

The works of Socrates and Machiavelli are as polarized as the phrases “the unexamined life is not worth living” and “the ends justify the means.” The Prince by Machiavelli and The Last Days of Socrates by Plato are both crucial texts to the discussion of what makes a good political leader. Well, what makes a good political leader? Socrates would disagree with Machiavelli’s ideation of the Prince because of the immorality that he allows this model to have in the public sphere. However, Socrates would find that Machiavelli’s Prince would lead to a political system that he would favor, because it would be one ruled by a qualified and expert leader, unlike in a democracy.

First, sudden killings that were intentional, but not premeditated were added. These types of murder were often completed during a heat of passion moment and were unreasonably provoked by the victim’s actions (Samaha, 2013). However, unreasonably provoked means that the victim’s actions were not substantial enough to justify the actions of the attacker. Secondly, judges added unintentional killings that were completed during a felony (Samaha, 2013). While most murders require intent to cause death, under this law, any homicide committed during the commission of a felony, regardless of whether it’s intentional or accidental will constitute as murder. Third, extremely reckless killings were classified as depraved heart

What do Plato, Descartes, and The Matrix all have in common? All of them study the possibility that our world is just a fantasy. They also demand that we took a good look into the relationship concerning our senses and reality.

(Editor’s note: This essay by Ben Blanks is the winner of the North Award for the best paper in the 2012 Agora. Ben presented an earlier version of this paper at the ACTC Student Conference at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, in March, 2011.)

The source that inspired the idea for my project’s argument is the advertisement by the Kinder Egg Campaign, which is initiated by the Moms Demand Action used for pro-gun control. The main intention of the Moms Demand Action campaign is to argue over why Kinder Eggs have been banned in America when guns are not banned. They simply want to raise consciousness about guns causing more violence than intended rather than Kinder Eggs that were banned in 1983, which pose no harm at all. The image of the child in my project represents an ordinary child who has been left unsupervised by his parents. This shows that with certain laws which let some people hold guns in their house, a dangerous situation can occur which can cause the child to possess the weapon and use it as a

Although Socrates and Niccolo Machiavelli lived in different time periods, the political climate that their philosophies were founded on were very similar. The trial of Socrates began after the Peloponnesian War when the new Spartan Tyranny took over the Athenian government. Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth and disrespecting the gods by the Spartan government. In the eyes of the Spartan government Socrates is a gadfly because of his posing of upsetting questions directed at authorities. This posed a major threat to the new society they were trying to create in Athens after the war was over. Plato wrote The Apology and Crito from the perspective of Socrates after he was put on trial, found

There is an overwhelming epidemic in the United States that some take for granted, with every puff of a cigarette or chew a person puts in their body they are condemning themselves slowly, but surely. The relation between tobacco use and cancer related diseases has been not only been proven by science, but there are even countless warning labels on the actual products with the hope of changing the individual’s mind when and before consuming the product. People pick up these dirty habits in the early stages of their lives, blaming stress or peer pressure as its influence. Regardless if an individual chooses to smoke or use smokeless tobacco products, the effects of both products are both detrimental to one’s health and longevity.

thinkers, both of which had strong, albeit very different, ideas of what it meant for a person, or a ruler, to be good and virtuous. From Socrates’ thoughts and ideas as recorded in the Apology and Crito, it can be concluded that he would not find Machiavelli’s version of “the Prince” to be the ideal ruler, or preside over a completely prosperous society. Although, Socrates may have disagreed with many of the aspects of what Machiavelli thought the Prince should be, he would, however, be supportive of the Prince’s political system overall because of his belief that every man has a duty to follow and uphold the laws of the society in which they live.

Newsreader: Today the Royal College of Physicians Published their report on smoking and lung cancer, they say conclusively and authoritatively that cigarette smoking is cause of lung cancer, causes to bronchitis and contributes to coronary heart disease.(.) It's a grim report, they say for instance that I as a cigarette smoker have 1 chance in 3 of dying before the age of 65 whereas a non smoker has one chance in 6, therefore a non smoker has twice the chance of living to the age of 65 than i have.(.) For some weeks now tobacco shares on the stock market have been falling on the anticipation of this report.

Athenians experienced a new problem involving a defiance with their empire. After the conquest of the Melians, they declined to succumb to the Athenian government. The Melians then exhibits a hostile and antagonistic attitude to Athens. In the Melian Dialogue, the Athenians opened the debate by arguing that the notion of justice is inessential. They asserted that right is only in query among equals in power whereas the strong has the freedom to do what they want and the weak deteriorates for it is in their nature. In this predicament, Athenians give the impression that the “stronger” control the occurrences in international relations. Disparately, the weak must follow the stronger and be submissive with their hegemony (Poling, 2008). For this

start to see how these two men’s opinions alter. With both growing up during war driven times

Plato was one of the most influential people in the ancient era and one of the most popular philosopher of all time. Throughout his life he experienced and learned many things which are expressed throughout his books. Plato had many achievements in his lifetime but his biggest contribution is his many insightful philosophies that influenced many people in Ancient Greece through the teachings at his school and his books. Plato was a well-breed and well-taught student. Plato was born in the year of 427 b.c.e.

You may wonder what our future generation may look like because of the effects of smoking.