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The Republic expounded a number of ideas that fascism promoted, such as rule by an elite promoting the state as the ultimate end, opposition to democracy, protecting the class system and promoting class collaboration, rejection of egalitarianism, promoting the militarization of a nation by creating a class of warriors, demanding that citizens ...
Republic - a translation neglecting the first word of the Latin title (De), which is the equivalent of On or Of; other translations of the title include On the republic or Treatise on the republic. Although "republic" can appear a neutral translation of "res publica", it is infected by the many interpretations given to the word republic ...
Noocracy (/ n oʊ ˈ ɒ k r ə s i /, nous meaning 'mind" or 'intellect', and kratos meaning 'power' or 'authority') is a type of government where decisions are delegated to those deemed wisest. The idea is classically advanced, among others, by Plato , al-Farabi and Confucius .
Chapter 1 of Book 3 starts with a heading: "If one wishes a sect or republic to live long, it is necessary to draw it back often towards its beginning." [13] Machiavelli admits that "all worldly things" [13] have a natural ending. If any of these worldly things are altered and changed from its normal course, "it is for its safety and not to its ...
Chapter 12, "Hegel and the New Tribalism", is a long critique of Hegel's philosophy, which Popper calls "the source of all contemporary historicism". It is the longest single chapter in the book, and more than twice as long as either the average or median chapter. Popper argues that Hegel's philosophy was unintelligible and deceptive.
CNN’s John Avlon writes that new House Speaker Mike Johnson’s words that “we don’t live in a democracy” show there’s a trend among right-wing leaders to dismiss a majoritarian democracy.
This evidence-based, descriptive approach to the study of politics was a hallmark of Aristotle's method, and a contrast with the more idealistic from-first-principles approach of Plato, as seen for example in the Republic. As with the Nicomachean Ethics, the Politics is not a polished work as Aristotle would have written it for publication ...
Dorothy actually says 'Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.' 'The Silence of the Lambs' If you've always thought Hannibal Lecter greets Clarice by saying 'Hello, Clarice,' we've got ...