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The Continued Relevance of "The Republic", 2002.
Examines the continuing relevance of the book, "The Republic", with particular focus on Plato?s concepts of justice, happiness, and the ideal society.
3,107 words (approx. 12.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 90.95
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This paper begins with Plato's biography. It examines how the privileges of class and education may have affected his views regarding the various social roles he assigned. It also studies his relationship with the great philosopher, Socrates, to whom Plato owes a great intellectual debt. The paper then focuses on "The Republic" itself. This section is divided into four parts. First, there is a discussion of the Socratic style that Plato used to write the "Republic". Second is a discussion of the Plato?s concept of the tripartite soul. Based on this, the paper then details the various roles Plato prescribed for various souls, guardians, auxiliary/military staff, and the producers. The last part of this section is a discussion of Plato?s concepts of political justice and happiness and his view of the human condition. Next, the paper analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of Plato?s formulation and explores how Plato?s thought continues to have political relevance today.
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"For Plato, ensuring that the guardians rule wisely and the other classes do their tasks will facilitate the smooth function of the social organism. When all aspects of society function as one, there will be harmony. This harmony begets the reign of political justice, resulting in a state that is free from war or civil disorder. Only in such a society can human happiness be possible, as the alternative is chaos."
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Democratic Republic of Congo, 2005.
This paper discusses the geography, including the history and economy, of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
1,675 words (approx. 6.7 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 54.95
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This paper explains that the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, has been plagued with ethnic turmoil and civil war, exacerbated by the massive influx of refugees from Rwanda and Burundi, which has reduced a once prospering country into a state of turmoil. The author points out that there are over 200 African ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo of which the majority of these are Bantu. The paper explains that the U.N.'s Human Development Index (HDI), which is a composite of human development indicators, such as longevity, knowledge and education, and economic measurements, is a better system of determining living standards than the GDP alone; Democratic Republic of Congo ranks very near the bottom. Many graphs and charts.
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Democratic Republic of Congo Background
Introduction
Geographic Placement
Ethnic Composition of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Religious Composition of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Colonial History of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Form of Government for the Democratic Republic of Congo
Main Sources of Economic Activity
Structure of the Economy of Democratic Republic of Congo
Economic Background
Nominal and Real GDP Per Capita for the Previous 10 Years, in US$
Nominal and Real GDP Per Capita for the Previous 10 Years, in LCU
Comparison of Two Graphs
Life Expectancy
Adult Literacy Rate
Primary School Enrollment Rate
Human Development Index (HDI)
HDI Formula
HDI Versus GDP
5 Obstacles to Economic Development in the Past 5 Years
Actions that Could be Taken to Overcome These Challenges
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"Currently the country is under a dictatorship and is presumably transitioning towards a representative government; however, this has yet to be realized. A 500-member transitional National Assembly, along with a 120-member Senate was installed in July of 2003. These members were drawn from groups that signed the Pretoria Accord in December 2002. Elections were scheduled to be held in June of 2005; however, these are not likely to take place. Instead, it is likely that the transitional government will remain in place until the early part of 2006. President Joseph Kabila heads this transitional government. The transitional government includes an executive president, four vice-presidents, and a cabinet that is drawn from five armed groups, the unarmed political opposition, civil society, and the previous government of Joseph Kabila."
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Business in the Czech Republic and the U.S., 2008.
An analysis of the cultural differences between the Czech Republic and the United States, with regards to entering the Czech pizza market.
1,508 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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The paper reveals that, although it is five years after the democratic revolution, elements of the economic, political and social aspects still linger within the Czech Republic. The paper then analyzes the cultural differences between the Czech Republic and the United States in order to gain a better understanding of the necessary business risks, which Chicago Style Pizza will face following its expansion into the Czech Republic.
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History of the Czech Republic
Comparative Advantages in the Czech Republic
Hofstede's Evaluation
Trade Barriers in the Czech Republic
Economics of the Pizza Market in the Czech Republic: Demand, Cost Structure, and Elasticities
Conclusion
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"The Czech Republic was occupied by the Germans in 1939; this resulted in more than 350,000 citizens (250,000 Jews) losing their lives. After World War II, the Germans had to leave the Czech Republic. By 1948, communism was the style of government within the Czech Republic; this resulted in different economic and social policies than the Western world.
"Given this history, it is probably thought that there are major differences between the United States and the Czech Republic. The population is 90% Bohemian, 4% Moravian, and 2% ethnic Slovak. Sixty percent (60%) of the population consider themselves Christian, but is heavily influenced by the communist past, of atheism. "Czechs value education, cleverness, social standing, modesty, and humor", the combination of these traits make them somewhat different from Americans, ("Czech Republic, 2006)."
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Roman Republic Power, 2002.
An examination of the lack of central power in the Roman Republic.
1,616 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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In this paper, the writer argues that if Rome had not transferred power to one man it would have fallen far sooner then it did. The writer discusses the lack of centralized power in the rapidly expanding Roman Republic. It examines the reasons for the fall of the Roman Republic and why it was necessary for the Roman Republic to become the Roman Empire.
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"The ancient Roman Republic, which was established with the expulsion of the last Etruscan king in 509 BCE and ended around 31 BCE with the start of the Roman Empire, was generally very successful, but especially toward its fall was plagued by internal and external conflict which would lead to the necessity of an Empire. When looking at an achievement of the Roman Republic such as its expansion of great amounts of territory, one can see that one main element the Roman Republic lacked was centralized power. This lack of a central power would eventually lead to great unhappiness among the masses and to the downfall of the Republic and the creation of the Roman Empire."
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"The Republic", 2002.
A look at ancient Greek philosopher, Plato's "The Republic" from three different angles.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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This paper explores 3 questions. First, it shows that the notions of the soul and of the city in Plato's republic are directly paralleled. Second, it argues that the "Noble Lie" of the "Republic" is both prescriptive and descriptive. Finally, it demonstrates that Plato espouses a valid feminist vision in his treatment of women in the "Republic".
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The Dominican Republic and the U.S., 2006.
An analysis of the relationship between the Dominican Republic and the United States.
3,346 words (approx. 13.4 pages), 14 sources, MLA, $ 95.95
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This paper examines how the relationship between the Dominican Republic and the United States between the historical period of 1960 and 2000 was long-standing, sometimes mutually symbiotic, but more often than not, was sycophantic in nature on the part of the Dominican Republic and imperialistic on the part of the United States. This paper is concerned with the presentation of how the relationship between the two countries has evolved throughout the centuries and whether it has been for the better or for the worse.
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The U.S. Role
The Dominican Republic Role
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"President Ulysses S. Grant's appeal for the Annexation of Dominican Republic is without a doubt, one of the most important documents in the history of the bilateral relations between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. It explains the position of the American President regarding the commercial viability of the Dominican Republic that the nascent empire looked to gain if able to annex this territory. This request to the Congress was delivered at a time when the Dominican Republic had just become an independent republic. With significant eloquence, Grant's address to the Congress responds to the question of why the U.S. should annex the Dominican Republic. This appeal was followed in December of 1870 by Charles Sumner's speech, who gave a rousing monologue on the Senate floor against the proposed annexation of the Dominican Republic."
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Plato's "Republic", 2007.
A discussion on whether Plato's concept of a republic can be considered a utopia.
1,714 words (approx. 6.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 55.95
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This paper attempts to analyze Plato's "Republic" by simply answering the questions of whether or not the Republic is a utopia, if it can be brought into existence and whether it is realizable. While focusing on and answering the questions above, this paper also provides the reader with a basic understanding of the concepts and ideas conveyed by Plato in the "Republic".
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" In the Republic, the words "mine," "not mine," "another's," and "not another's" will be applied to the same things throughout the community, for it is words like these that cause a disunion in society (Plato, "The Republic"). "In our community, then, above all others, when things go well or ill with any individual everyone will use that word 'mine' in the same sense and say that all is going well of ill with him and his. And, as we said, this way of thinking and speaking goes with fellow-feeling; so that our citizens, sharing as they do in a common interest in which each will call his own, will have all their feelings of pleasure or pain in common" (Plato, "The Republic"). "
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Virtues in Plato's "Republic", 2002.
This paper looks at Plato's "Republic" through an article that concerns certain issues of the topic.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 1 source, $ 53.95
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The article chosen was R.G. Mulgan's "Individual and Collective Virtues in the Republic" and discusses the views of certain scholars on the special virtues that are needed to govern the Republic. The paper also loks at aspects of the Democratic system from the ancient world that De Republic was based upon and examines how in the modern world the true Utopian theory as laid down by Plato could never truly exist.
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The Czech Republic, 2002.
An analysis of the post socialist economy of the Czech Republic.
2,567 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper investigates the post socialist economy of the Czech Republic. It explores the macroeconomic experiences of the country over the past decade. The paper addresses questions such as political re-organization, trade liberalization, privatization, economic stabilization and economic growth. The paper discusses whether the post socialist system has been successful or unsuccessful.
Introduction
About the Czech Republic
Political Reorganization
The Economy of the Czech Republic
Economy over the Past Ten Years
Privatization
Success or Failure
Conclusion
Works Cited
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"The CIA World Fact Book reports that after World War II Czechoslovakia was influenced greatly by the Soviet Union. Furthermore in 1968, ?an invasion by Warsaw Pact troops ended the efforts of the country's leaders to liberalize party rule and create "socialism with a human face." (Czech Republic) The Czech people staged anti-Soviet demonstrations and in turn they were oppressed by the Soviet region. In 1989 the Soviet authority finally collapsed and the nation was freed through the "Velvet Revolution." In January of 1993, the Czechoslovakia became two separate national components, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Encarta reports that the Czech Republic is a member of NATO and is attempting to compete in the global economy with world markets."
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Philosophy: Plato's Republic, 2006.
A discussion regarding the theme of justice and the well ordered soul in Plato's Republic.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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This philosophical study examines the theme of justice and the well ordered soul in Plato's Republic. By examining the basis of Truth in Plato's Republic, the paper realizes the foundation for justice within this city. Also, the objective of truth should relate to the basis of the soul, which should be guided by the principles of justice within Plato's ideology. In this manner, Plato's Republic identifies the basis of justice upon the foundation of virtue and truth within the well ordered soul in this philosopher's ideal city state.
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"In this paper, the basis of justice within The Republic relies on the various facets of knowledge and the foundation for universal truths in governing. Plato and Socrates often agree that right and wrong often changes through the passage of time, but through a reference to justice, the Republic gives virtue and truth as the basis for honoring order. Through this construct of justice and order, the soul becomes the foundation for realizing the greater good of society. The well ordered soul is the key to realizing a universal truth that is unchanging and reliable. "
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Logic, Induction and Relevance, 2008.
This essay deals with the issue of how relevance is established for an inductive argument, and how this process can be encouraged and supported based on an argument given by Patrick Hurley in his paper, "A Concise Introduction to Logic".
825 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 29.95
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The author of this paper presents an analysis of inductive reasoning based on Patrick Hurley's text on the terms "necessary" and "sufficient". The author states that it should be somewhat easier to demonstrate relevance for an inductive argument, as the association to be established is not as strong as in deductive reasoning. Also, based on criteria established in this paper,the author asserts that, in order to establish relevance in an inductive argument, one must establish that the criterion being argued for is a necessary condition. However, the author asserts that in order to support establishing relevance for an inductive argument, one should insist that each premise be rigorously examined to ascertain whether it is in fact necessary.
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"In Hurley's terms, we might say that what we need to establish relevance for an inductive argument would be to show that the stipulated criterion was a necessary condition. However, because we are only trying to show a probable connection, we do not need to show that the criteria was a sufficient condition, nor do we need to establish that it is relevant by showing that it is a sufficient and necessary condition. In Hurley's terms, what is necessary to evaluate the strength of an argument is to know 'whether the probability of the conclusion rests upon the evidence given in the premises' (Hurley 379). What Hurley is really saying here is that the strength of an inductive argument rests partly on the relevance of its conditions."
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Discrimination in the Dominican Republic, 2007.
This paper describes the discrimination in the Dominican Republic, as portrayed in the novel 'The Farming of Bones' by Edwidge Danticat.
1,087 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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In this article, the writer examines the injustice and suffering in the Dominican Republic, which is demonstrated in Edwidge Danticat's novel 'The Farming of Bones'. The writer notes that by writing her brilliant story, Danticat remembers this farming of human bones. The writer points out that the story is set in a terrible time during the dictatorship of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo in the Dominican Republic, where race, discrimination and politics are among its theme. Further the writer describes that the author illustrates a novel in which history and fiction are connected in a persuasive way to learn and critique the regime of Trujillo. The writer concludes by noting that discrimination and apprehension continue between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, where culture and beliefs are diverse in countries that share the same land.
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"Edwidge Danticat concentrates in the history of Haitians cane workers, and the massacre of them in the Dominican Republic. Due to a growing xenophobia under the rule of Generalissimo Trujillo, the Dominicans were told to purify the country. Trujillo clandestinely arranged the massacre of hundreds of immigrants in the Dominican Republic most of them sugarcane workers from Haiti, the country with which the Dominican Republic shares the island named "Hispaniola". In Trujillo's approach, the Haitians immigrants, whom he considered them inferior people, because of their color of skin had simply become too abundant in the country. Thus, a wave of genocide which annihilates the Haitian population is justified."
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The Wiemar Republic, 2004.
Historical account of the Weimar Republic, its formation, its challenges, and ultimately, its failure.
5,306 words (approx. 21.2 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 131.95
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This paper describes the situation in post-WWI Germany, the Weimar Republic, the challenges it faced, and the reasons for its failure. The paper looks at the lack of political support for the Republic, the weaknesses in its constitution, the heavy reparations Germany had to pay, and the overall political, economic, and cultural situation that contributed to the failure of the Weimar Republic and opened the door to the dictatorship of Adolph Hitler.
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"After World War I, the German nation and its people were devastated. The public was led to believe that Germany was going to win the war, and it looked forward to a much- improved socio-economic climate. Instead, the war was lost and the country was facing a very dreary future. As a result, the government established the Weimar Republic under the leadership of Friedrich Ebert, a past leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and a supporter of the war efforts. Some historians believe it was fate that Weimar Germany did not succeed. From the beginning the challenges were too great, the situation too grim and the individuals involved too unprepared. As a result, Weimar Germany had a short and bumpy ride that combined the best with the worst: Culturally, it remains one of Germany?s most creative periods of time in art, literature and thought. Politically and economically, however, the country stayed in a state of disarray, opening up the door to someone who said he had all the answers."
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"Women of the Republic", 2005.
An analysis "Women of the Republic" by the feminist historian Linda Kerber.
1,341 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper examines the roles that women played in the establishment of the American Republic. It analyzes Kerber's work and explains that for women of the colonies, the world after the American Revolution was no more equal, in many respects, than the world that had existed before it. All men-property-owning men-may have been equal. But women remained under the new laws of the Republic, mere inferior beings, of questionable citizenship status.
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"Again, this is not to deny Kerber's claim that American colonial women "imbued that domain with unprecedented significance... Motherhood assumed almost the role of a 'fourth branch of government,'" but merely to remind the reader that this ideology was in response to the larger world's intransigence, not simply a choice of women to shape their lives according to this model. (Kerber, p. 172) Nor is this to deny the vitality and creativity brought by American women to this ideology-but one can only long that such ideology was as freely chosen as the pro-freedom rhetoric of the Declaration of Independence envisioned men freely choosing their government leaders and rights. If only women's lives, one might long, could have been more influential in shaping the post-Revolutionary terms of its political discourse as well as domestic ideology, however powerful and important actors they served in the domestic sphere."
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Plato's "Republic", 2004.
This paper examines the theme of the evolution and nature of a tyrannical individual as presented by Plato in 'Book IX' of "Republic".
1,060 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper relates that 'Book IX' of Plato's "Republic" begins with a discussion of a tyrannical man and the nature that the tyrannical man possesses. The paper also points out that the text goes on to describe the interaction between those of a tyrannical nature and the city in which they reside. The paper then relates that, after describing the evolution of a tyrannical man and his nature, Socrates is now ready to make his point that a tyrant is the most unjust of all. The paper concludes that, in the context of Plato's Republic, the examination of the evolution of a tyrannical man and of his nature, is the final step Socrates needs in order to prove that justice itself makes its professor happier than injustice itself.
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"In the context of Plato's "Republic", the examination of the evolution of a tyrannical man and of his nature, is the final step Socrates needs in order to prove that justice itself makes its professor happier than injustice itself. Thus far in the "Republic", Socrates has completed his description of the different models of governments and how those models are represented in the people who reside in them. He concludes that the kallipolis is the best of the possible cities and a tyranny the worst. He has also previously concluded a philosopher-king to be most just."
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