Tag Archives: government

Politics

Posted on August 2, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

Photo Credit: The New Zealand Observer, work initialled “BLO” In Book III Chapter 9 of Politics, Aristotle concludes that: Political society exists for the sake of noble actions. But is this what we think of when we hear the word … Continue reading →

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Democracy

Posted on July 26, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

Photo Credit: Fred Gildersleeve (1881-1958) Why is democracy the ideal form of government?: Because otherwise — to use the philosopher Montesquieu’s phrase from The Spirit of Laws — “the life and liberty of the subject would be exposed to arbitrary … Continue reading →

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Free Thoughts

Posted on July 4, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

In the third chapter of Jose Rizal’s novel Noli Me Tangere, the protagonist Crisostomo Ibarra, who has just returned to the Philippines from Europe, is the guest of honor at a banquet and becomes subject to the curiosity of the … Continue reading →

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The Social Contract

Posted on May 31, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

In CHAPTER VIII: “Of The Beginning of Political Societies” of John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, he explains that: Sec. 95. MEN being, as has been said, by nature, all free, equal, and independent, no one can be put out … Continue reading →

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Land of the Free

Posted on May 24, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

Is freedom something that one can know just by being born in America? And did the Founding Fathers of America just wake up one day and discover “freedom”? It would take almost a century to outlaw slavery in the United … Continue reading →

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Doctors & Society

Posted on May 10, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

In society, doctors are held in such high esteem and with good reason — the years of training, the level of skill involved, and the power to heal and save lives.  But in this post, I want to discuss those … Continue reading →

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Young

Posted on April 19, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

Photo Credit: Ric Manning On January 27, 1973, the Paris Peace Accords on “Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam” was signed — even though South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu had demanded changes to it which could not … Continue reading →

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The Perfect State

Posted on April 12, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

Photo Credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com One time I was having a lesson with one of my Japanese students and during our discussion he was complaining about corruption in his country.  The whole time I was thinking, “If he … Continue reading →

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Malaysia, Truly Asia

Posted on March 15, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

(I am sorry that this post comes on the heels of a related incident.  But I had already planned beforehand to publish this post this week and if I don’t publish it now, I don’t know when I will be … Continue reading →

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Borders

Posted on February 22, 2014 by seekknowledgeeveninchina

The Great Wall of China was built as early as the 7th century BC along the historical northern borders of China to protect the Empire from warlike nomadic peoples.  But it is one thing to designate territorial boundaries and build … Continue reading →

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