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Why did the United Nations Back the Creation of a Jewish State in 1947?

Why did the United Nation Back Israel?

Posted: Thursday, December 18th, 2008 comments: 0
Posted in History

Submitted by Ilanna Sharon Mandel
For every historical event, there are numerous interpretations as to why it occurred.   The UN Mandate to create the State of Israel involved a complexity of issues and complications whose ramifications continue to resonate in the world today.  The reasons for the creation of the Mandate and the resulting fate of [...]

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Plato and Aristotle enjoyed a healthy debate

Plato versus Aristotle: Theory of Forms and Causes

Posted: Thursday, December 18th, 2008 comments: 4
Posted in Books, History, Lifestyle

Plato imagined that there existed an ideal or perfect world beyond our own physical earth.

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How similar were Machiavelli and Augustus ?

Machiavelli and Augustus Ruling Philosophy

Posted: Sunday, June 1st, 2008 comments: 0
Posted in Books, History, Politics

Following up to the post about Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, here is another post about Roman history.  This time from Elizabeth Rathgeber, who also wrote the post What to do about Sudan?.

I believe that Augustus and Niccoló Machiavelli would certainly agree much more so than disagree on how to be an effective ruler. The young Augustus [...]

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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus - The Ideal Roman

The Roman Ideal: Tiberius Gracchus

Posted: Saturday, May 31st, 2008 comments: 1
Posted in Featured, History, Politics, World

A fictional speech written in the first person of Tiberius Grecchus

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