Ideal ruler

community is analogous to the justice in an individual. In a community/state, there are ‘4 cardinal virtues’—wisdom, courage, self-discipline, and justice. Wisdom is defined as the people who rule the city—the rulers—have the knowledge of truth. In other words, the state has wisdom if the rulers are wise. Courage is defined as the people who keep the city safe—the guardians—are able to judge what is worthy of fearing. So the state is

Absolutism, a form of government where the rulers word is law. All aspects are decided by the one in charge and his word is absolute. In this form of government the ruler will typically have trusted advisers but besides simple recommendations they have no real power. An absolute government has all aspects such as religion, political standing and economy decided by its ruler. In 1961 thomas hobbes wrote that the passions that incline men to peace are the fear of death. When a man wants something

What are the tenants of a foolproof governmental system? How does one man or a group lead a much larger society to prosper and grow? These are hard questions to answer, but there have been a few key figures in history who have tried to answer them. Among the earliest texts on this topic, Confucius’ Analects give some key insights into the topic. He seems to think the key to this perfect government is for the leader and the people to be a “gentleman”. Plato brings a more detailed view on the topic

In Medieval West Africa, nations of political power and religion overlapped. In the Epic of Sundiata we see this intersection in the role of prophecy. This essay will show that prophets regularly and ploy supernatural means to reinforce the political status of future King, Sundiata. While using exerts from the Epic, this essay will analyze the text to show the underlying meaning of power and religion in Medieval West Africa In the beginning of the Epic, the griot lays out the story by setting up

they will not always choose the best candidates. Since the current guardians will not always select the children with gold souls, the aristocracy will eventually degenerate into a less just society. Some new rulers will attempt to preserve the old and just ways, while the less benevolent rulers will want private property among guardians, creating tension in the ruling class. Eventually, this tension will be alleviated by “coming to an agreement on a middle

Done in a group, Primary Data To measure the cross sectional area, we stretched out a tape measure across the river from one side of the bank to the other. Starting at 0cm, we put a metre ruler into the water, ensuring that it touched the ground, and first measured to where the water stopped at the ruler to find the water depth. Then, we measured from the bottom to where the tape was stretched out to find the depth of the channel. We repeated this every 20cm until we got to the other side. This

An ideal ruler possesses 3 distinct features: courage, honor, and virtue. Courage is often shown when facing difficult leadership decisions. Honor is gained as one honor’s the gods or serves one’s own state. And virtue is gained as one looks out for the best interest of one’s own state. The importance of such virtues is contrasted in Antigone and The Aenied. In Antigone, Creon shows the 3 components of a good leader when he takes rule and objectively enforces the laws to maintain order. But as Antigone

Great Rulers and What Makes Them Successful What makes a great ruler? Several great powers in history including Cyrus of Persia, T’ai-tsung, the Duke of Valentine, and Agathocles will be analyzed in order to attempt to answer this question. Based on three readings, these questions will be answered: 1. What are the personal qualities of Cyrus and T’ai-tsung? What is it about these personal qualities that made them successful rulers? 2. How does

Think you’ll be able to pull focus without measuring for it? Think again, because you will not be able to do so. If we were to ask you the reason why the 1st assistant camera (AC) is also known as the “Focus Puller”, what would you say? It is because a follow focus puller knows how to shoulder that single responsibility when it comes to keeping a subject in focus which is so amazingly valued, that there’s an entire job, in fact a career solely devoted to it. There’s no denying the fact that focus

Machiavelli where as it is for Plato, since Machiavelli has seen it all happen before his eyes. Where as Plato has no experiences to relate all his theories with. Although Plato and Machiavelli have one similar content which helps us understand that a ruler is needed to rule a city