The Capitalist Idea             The 1948 pamphlet by the Germany philosophers, Karl Max and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto was one of the world’s most influential documents. The Communist Manifesto is a summary of Karl Max’s theories concerning the nature of politics and society. The manifesto features the ideas of Max and Engels concerning capitalism and how the two scholars expect capitalism to be replaced by socialism. The two authors conclude the declaration by calling on nations to overthrow the existing social conditions what served for revolutions motivated by communism around the world. The main arguments in the manifesto include the need for Europe to fight for communism. Karl Marx argues that capitalism is about the exploitation of workers and the owners are only interested in the profits from the labor employed, a fact that reflects the present society where workers work for survival without directly enjoying the fruits of their labor. Karl Marx disputes the privatization of the production sector which would, in turn, lead to the exploitation of laborers. According to Marx, every society has a specific organization…

Essay on Success             Success is defined differently by different people. The academic world has a different way of defining success compared to the non-academic world. Also, success comes out in various forms, and different philosophers came out in the past to give their definitions of success. One of the most contentious issues is on whether knowledge can be associated with success because it has been said to be powerful. Generally, knowledge equips an individual with power, but the actions that follow determine whether the individual will be successful. If knowledge was directly associated with success and power as people perceive it, then academicians would be leading the world in terms of wealth. The situation is different, and the world prides in billionaires who have not been outstanding in the world of academics but have decided to put their little knowledge into use, making them successful. Therefore, success can be defined as how an individual manages to exploit their knowledge to achieve their goals in life. The definition of success takes different forms when viewed from the perspectives of Socrates,…

Socrates’ Innocence             Socrates was born at a time when philosophy in Greece was highly valued. However, controversies often came out when philosophy differed from the norms of the leaders. Generally, philosophers were wise and would not be easily be fooled by the leaders into accepting oppressing policies. Socrates was an example of the philosophers who often got into conflicts with the then leadership for bringing out the failures of the leaders. The most significant conflict that Socrates found himself in as to resist believing in the gods of Athens and instead of believing in supernatural beings that he did not specify. Generally, Socrates argued that he was not an atheist, as most people thought since he believed that life was controlled by superior beings other than the Athens gods. The position of Socrates led to the accusation placed on him that he was corrupting the youth of Athens and causing them to rebel against the authorities. Socrates did not corrupt the youth of Athens but instead empowered them towards taking a firm stand on what was right. Also, Socrates…

Slave Dao and Aristotle Introduction This paper discusses main the similarities and differences in character in Aristotle and slave Daos. Both the two works show and talk more about slave trade which used to happen during the 17th and the 18th century.   How slave trade took place and the effects of it to humanity. This paper shows the similarities and some of the differences in the both of the two works and will also show the roles that the slaves played.  The slave Daos mainly talks of moral concepts and also the importance of social intercourse, hospitality, kindness and social intercourse (Yu et al, 2016). In the play of Daos the characters show different levels of philanthropy. The first kind of philanthropy shown in the play by the characters is excess friendliness which is presented by minor characters.  The second level of philanthropy which is the said to be the best is shown by Knemon’s antagonist, Gorgias and Sostratos   while Sostratos got a pleasing character, Gorgias displays the foundation of virtues.  Aristotle on the other side illustrates the happy life…

Eastern Mediterannean Notes Babylon won its independence in 626 b.c.e. and joined forces with a new group, the Medes, an Indo­European­speaking people from Per­ sia.   The Assyr­ ians were defeated by a coalition that included not only a Mesopotamian power—Babylon—but also a people with a base of power in a part of the world that had not been the site of earlier urbanized states: Persia (modern­day Iran), a stark land of towering mountains and harsh deserts with a broad central plateau in the heart of the country     Among these nomads were Indo­European­speaking peoples who migrated into this area about 1000 b.c.e. with their flocks and herds. They were also horse breed­ ers, and the horse gave them a decisive military advan­ tage over those who already lived in the area. One of these groups was the Medes, who settled in northern Iran and built their capital city at Ecbatana, the mod­ ern Hamadan. With the rise of the Medes, the balance of power in western Asia shifted east of Mesopotamia for the first time.     In…