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According to Plato's Republic, democracy is the, "Drunk" concept of freedom (Plato, 502d.) Socrates despised democracy as a, "Youth culture."

Iwannaplato

By the way, I know how to write MLA, APA, and Proper English. So, to say that I do not know how to write is insulting to my intellect. Colleges make you learn how to write in their proper composition for articles, essays, and papers, etc..

Iwannaplato You seem to be a person of sensation. My comments on philosophy were harsh, but I study it everyday and still no nothing. You and I have nothing in common, so our philosophies are going to conflict. You are Existential in ethics as I. My web is not an instinct, but one of learning philo...

People do not care how you feel about the subject. All you want is a win, then you can call, and tell your friends. This is a philosophy message board. Let me help you out, people want universality. Not how your senses are to be known. Logic is a method and a tool of philosophy. You name dropped a l...

Philosophy is not about personal experiences, which you cannot investigate or your personal preferences.

Philosophy.

Cherry picking your conclusion. Behavior: A recurring event, in Psychology. Learning, history will inform you that we are living in the most non-violent period in history of war and conflicts. Your attempt at infinite regress implies further justification, which is never actually completed. Remember...

Ad hominem

Gary Childress. Machiavelli, "The Prince" and not realpolitik whatever the latter means, as I never studied the term academically nor in literature. The internet says realpolitik and Machiavelli, but I wrote an essay on him, and I do not remember the word realpolitik. I looked realpolitik ...

Islamic conduct of War: Intertribal warfare, forbidding of fighting during certain times of the year, a code of honor. The morality of the Quran. Just war peace is the end of war, and govern the conduct of war. Nardin, Terry, "Comparative Ethics," The Ethics of War and Peace, Princeton Uni...

that was good.

Arguing, term usage and trying to be logical, when the people you are arguing no neither of them. Knowing, how to argue is a plus. Arguing, terms and being logical is also a plus.

Liberalism ought to in political philosophy which is moral, realism which is skeptical. Liberalism is not realism which is skeptical. Liberalism is an ought in political philosophy which is moral. What type of ethics do you follow?

“Life is tough, it's tougher if you are stupid,” John Wayne.

Lewis, Rick. "Sticks and Stones." Philosophy Now, February/March 2018, Issue 124.
Shaikh, Abdullah. "Cicero and the Ideals of Virtue." Philosophy Now, February/March 2026, Issue 172.