History Articles

Why did the United Nation Back Israel?


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StaffDecember 18th, 2008


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

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 [...]

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Plato versus Aristotle: Theory of Forms and Causes


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StaffDecember 18th, 2008


Plato and Aristotle enjoyed a healthy debate

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

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Machiavelli and Augustus Ruling Philosophy


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EdJune 1st, 2008


How similar were Machiavelli and Augustus ?

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 [...]

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The Roman Ideal: Tiberius Gracchus


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EdMay 31st, 2008


Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus - The Ideal Roman

A fictional speech written in the first person of Tiberius Grecchus

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