...Was Asoka AN Enlightened or a Ruthless conqueror? Was Asoka a Ruthless conqueror by killing 1000 people , or he is enlightened by giving to the weak that don’t have a voice. Some People think that Asoka is a ruthless ruler. But I am making an argument because I think he was an Enlightened ruler. I think he was an Enlightened Ruler because he gave people chances and became friends with people who were weak. I think he was an Enlightened Ruler because he gave people chances and became friends with people who were weak. After the war he gave the weak clothes and food.I think he did this because he felt bad for people dieing. He gave people chances. With forest tribes of his empire they can join but he warns them he has power even in his...
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...Enlightened Despotism was a change in attitude during the Enlightenment in Europe. The Enlightenment was based on the idea that society could be improved by using reason. European countries continued the institution of monarchy without justifying their leaders with the fact of divine right. These rulers recognized that they had no responsibility to God or the church. These rulers sought to justify themselves with reason and their usefulness. Many enlightened despots wanted to reconstruct their state using reason and did not want to use the rules of customs. The despots wanted change immediately and they were comfortable with the people disagreeing with them. Many of these leaders could be seen as enlightened in some ways but also despotic in others. One of the Enlightened despots, was Maria Theresa of Austria. Maria Theresa was enlightened because she gave the nobles higher taxes and she also weakened the influence of...
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...ENLIGHTENED DESPOTISM Enlightened despots believed that political change could best come from above; from the ruler. However, they were encouraged by the philosophers to make good laws to promote human happiness. How did these monarchs differ from earlier unenlightened monarchs of the past? The difference lay in tempo. These new despots acted abruptly and desired quicker results. They were impatient with all that stood in the way of their reforms. In addition, they justified their authority on the grounds of usefulness, not divine right. These new monarchs were rational and reformist and they regarded political change as possible and desirable. Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, and Joseph II are good examples of Enlightened Despots. Frederick II (Frederick the Great), the most famous Prussian absolute monarch and a military genius, pursued an aggressive foreign policy. In 1740 he seized from Austria the province of Silesia. His action culminated in a major European conflict, the Seven Years' War (1756-1763), in which he was pitted against a powerful European coalition of Austria, Russia, and France. Frederick, aided only by England, barely managed to retain Silesia. In 1772 Frederick shared in the first partition of Poland by annexing western Poland. Frederick the Great was an almost perfect example of the enlightened despot. He was familiar with the ideas of the eighteenth-century reformers and a friend of Voltaire. Many of the philosophers, including Voltaire...
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...the greed that some have for power over others. It is the driving force behind the entire scheme to misrepresent reality. By controlling what people believe is reality, they in turn gain control of the people by telling them what is true and what should be valued, which gives them the power they crave. The fire (greed) is necessary for the shadows to be cast, without it nothing at all could be seen. Without the fire, the puppeteers would have no purpose, no reason to hold the objects up at all. Without the greed for control, society's "puppeteers" would not have any desire to misrepresent reality. The puppeteers are the manipulators in society (the greedy people). People in a variety of different positions act as the puppeteers. Anyone who tries to skew reality for his or her own personal gain is a manipulator. Religious and business leaders, as well as politicians are all likely candidates for the role of the "puppeteers" because they often control people's realities. Religious leaders...
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...The Scientific Revolution has a huge effect on how Europeans perceived the worlds. The Scientific revolution happened about 1540-1700, which led to the age of enlightenment. This period was also known as the Renaissance. This time brought a way of thinking known as logic. Rationalism was a new way of thinking rather than just relying on faith. Scientific thinking was the reason for a large shift in viewpoint. Through scientific thinking and logic, the Europeans brought about math and Psychics. The viewpoint of people having faith in God to fix all their problems, too looking to themselves for answers and how they can better their life and bring themselves happiness. The enlightened thinkers of this time were known as Philosophers....
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...Ashoka Ashoka is a man that we know little about, but he has a lot of stories about him written on stone. The people of India needed a symbol on their flag that represented their culture and values. What they chose was a chakra which was named after Ashoka (BGE). Ashoka also took over the kalinga, which led to them conquering most of the Indian subcontinent. Was Ashoka an enlightened or ruthless leader? Ashoka was an enlightened ruler who worked toward nonviolence by using Buddhist values, and his impact has lasted even through the 19th century. Nonviolence Ashoka was an enlightened ruler because he wanted nonviolence. The first reason for nonviolence is he would send his missionaries out so that people would follow the Buddhist values (BGE)....
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...as a work of God, instead, they started to think logically, finding other possible explanations for what had happened. During this time, many revolutions were made in science, philosophy, in society and even politics. These revolutions spread all over Europe, replacing medieval thoughts, and eventually, enlightened thinkers were found all over the world. Enlightened thoughts became popular as a result of philosophers sharing their ideas with one another, allowing the chain of enlightenment to gain a new link with each new thought. Each link can be defined as a social institution for example education, the government system, healthcare and the list continues. Analysing certain countries, in scope, first world countries such as Japan, Australia and the entirety of Western Europe and North America, obvious factors of enlightenment present themselves. Thus the reason why these countries are classified as first world countries. They are considered the world leaders because they are considered the more developed, capitalist, industrial countries in the world. But what about the other countries that don’t fall under the category of First World? Are they not considered to be enlightened? Much of the world’s attention usually lie on the more developed countries of the world. Neglecting the others, commonly the third world countries. A third world country as defined in an Oxford dictionary is, the poorest and underdeveloped countries, called third because they are not considered to be...
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...'PETERSON DESIR PROF: SMITH-PETER CLASS: HST- 275 Catherine the Great was and remains one of the most important figures in Russian history. During her thirty-four-year reign Russia has greatly prospered not only materially , but more importantly intellectually, which played a vital role in the modernization or the westernization of Russia a couple centuries later. Evidently, analyzing her long reign through the prism of what is considered as democracy today, one could depict its very faults and blemishes. However, we should view her reign as it was then , but not as it should have been nowadays. Whether somebody coined it as an enlightened absolutism, the real truth remained : Catherine the Great has brought Enlightenment to Russia, the European Enlightenment. What was it, Enlightenment?- It was a philosophical movement that greatly fostered rational thinking, the use of science over traditions and superstitions, and also promoted freedom ,security and equality before law for all people. Catherine was thrilled by such great ideas. She devoted herself to reading and established a great line of correspondence with the true leaders of the movement such as Voltaire, Diderot, Bossuet,etc..In her letters, she overtly expressed her intention of becoming an adept of the movement. She started in creating schools and reforming the educational system. She Turned to Voltaire for advice. As an Enlightenment's follower, she was deeply interested...
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...'PETERSON DESIR PROF: SMITH-PETER CLASS: HST- 275 Catherine the Great was and remains one of the most important figures in Russian history. During her thirty-four-year reign Russia has greatly prospered not only materially , but more importantly intellectually, which played a vital role in the modernization or the westernization of Russia a couple centuries later. Evidently, analyzing her long reign through the prism of what is considered as democracy today, one could depict its very faults and blemishes. However, we should view her reign as it was then , but not as it should have been nowadays. Whether somebody coined it as an enlightened absolutism, the real truth remained : Catherine the Great has brought Enlightenment to Russia, the European Enlightenment. What was it, Enlightenment?- It was a philosophical movement that greatly fostered rational thinking, the use of science over traditions and superstitions, and also promoted freedom ,security and equality before law for all people. Catherine was thrilled by such great ideas. She devoted herself to reading and established a great line of correspondence with the true leaders of the movement such as Voltaire, Diderot, Bossuet,etc..In her letters, she overtly expressed her intention of becoming an adept of the movement. She started in creating schools and reforming the educational system. She Turned to Voltaire for advice. As an Enlightenment's follower, she was deeply interested...
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...Johnson’s class reminds me of softball. A sport that requires a lot of focus and time. Its really hard to be a truly good player and stand out. In softball you can't just acquire a skill by someone telling you it, you have to be engaged and actually put some time and practice in. A person that has truly enlightened me in this sport is my dad. There was a time in my life where my dad would constantly tell me to “take the next step.” I was at a point in my game where I was good but staying on the same level of good. I was blinded and though that where a was at was ok. This was because I was around players that weren't that experienced and serious about softball. My dad new otherwise, so he took me around the best players, around people who loved softball and who put softball first. Eventually I stated to practice,play, and play against the best completion and before long my dad stopped telling me something he told me everyday which was to “take the next step,” and this was because I did. My dad enlightened me and enlightens me to take initiative on improving myself in everything I do. He makes it clear to me that no matter how good or bad I do it all equals the same thing, and that thing is GETTNG...
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...allegory of the cave, Jim is the ignorant one, while the reality of his family dynamic challenges his reality. Jim Stark, aged in his late teens, is a character who is full of angst. Learning the ways of life and how to be a man himself, he is a sponge for information and is now able to express his opinions of the outside world. In the 1950s, women were expected to be inferior...
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...Question 1 By the eighteenth century, the Dutch Republic | a. | saw the power of the oligarchy considerably reduced. | | b. | established a system of male democracy. | | c. | suffered a decline in economic prosperity. | | d. | permanently expelled the House of Orange. | | e. | continued its great economic prosperity of the sixteenth century. | 1 points Question 2 The enlightened legal reforms expressed by Catherine the Great in her _______ accomplished little due to heavy opposition and were soon forgotten. 1 points Question 3 The dismemberment of Poland in the late eighteenth century | a. | occurred after decades of warfare between its neighbors. | | b. | was reversed by the successful rebellion of General Kosciuszko. | | c. | showed the necessity of a strong, centralized monarchy to defend a state in the period. | | d. | was reversed as the result of the Council of Berlin. | | e. | resulted from the Polish king's repeated insults and attacks on his neighbors. | 1 points Question 4 In England, a legislative district controlled by one man or one family was known as a | a. | gerrymander. | | b. | tenured seat. | | c. | sinecure. | | d. | pocket borough. | | e. | good job. | 1 points Question 5 Of the great European powers in the eighteenth century, the only one not to possess a standing army and to rely on mercenaries was | a. | Russia. | | b. | Prussia. | | c. | Great Britain. | | d. | Austria...
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...THE EFFECT OF AGENCY PROBLEMS IN VALUE MAXIMIZATION Siti Balkish Roslan ZP01796 Financial Management 2/2013 According to HBS Professor Michal C. Jensen, many managers are caught in between the desire to maximize the value of their companies and the demands of “stakeholder theory” to take into account the interests of all the stakeholders in a firm. It is already agency problems arise within a firm whenever managers incentives to pursue own interests at the shareholder expense. This is common knowledge in the business world. There have also been devises and mechanisms that have been created to reduce these problems such as managerial shareholdings, concentrated shareholdings by institutions or by block holders, which can increase managerial monitoring and with that improve performance. The use of debt financing can improve performance by inducing monitoring by lenders as well. The labor markets for managers are motivation for managers to attend to their reputations among prospective employers and in improving their performance. The threat of displacement imposed by the market for corporate control can create a powerful discipline on poor performing managers. (Anup Agrawal and Charles Knoeber, 2001) These are some of the known and common incentives. Professor Michael C. Jenson wrote that “The way out of the conflict, lies in a new way of measuring value.” "At the economy wide or social level," he continues, "the issue is the following: If we could dictate the criterion...
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...1. Politically, the period from 1715 to 1789 witnessed a. the rise of the masses in politics as advocated by the philosophes. b. the waning of monarchical power. c. the continuing process of centralization in the development of nation-states. d. "enlightened absolutism" establish its deepest roots in France. e. a decline in bureaucratic structures and more laissezfaire types of government. 2. During the eighteenth century, the idea of Divine Right a. remained a strong basis for government. b. was gradually replaced by more republican ideas concerning government. c. was replaced by the idea of "enlightened absolutism" justified by utilitarian arguments. d. was best exemplified by the reign of Joseph II of Austria. e. disappeared with the death of Louis XIV in 1715. 3. France in the eighteenth century a. thrived under the strong leadership of Louis XV and Louis XVI. b. suffered from severe economic depression throughout the century. c. was torn apart by a series of civil wars. d. lost an empire while acquiring a huge public debt. e. brought back the Estates General during the reign of Louis XV. 4. Louis XV's most famous mistress was a. Marie Antoinette. b. Madame de Pompadour. c. Mary Wollstonecraft. d. Madame Guillotine. e. Comtesse de Boigne. 5. In the 1700s, members of the British Parliament were a. appointed by the King. b. usually overseas and not actually in Parliament voting. c. chosen in different ways in different districts. d. elected...
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...The Tibetan Buddhists believe that the Dalai Lama is always a reincarnation of his predecessor. All Dalai Lamas are believed to be manifestations of the enlightened being Chenrezi, who chooses to be reborn to help others become enlightened. Chenrezi is the patron saint of Tibet and the Bodhisattva (enlightened being) of Compassion. The current Dalai Lama is believed to be the 74th manifestation of the Bodhisattva. The 14th (and current) Dalai Lama's name is Tenzin Gyatso. He was identified by mystical clues and visions that led the Tibetan government in the direction of his home. A vision of a sacred lake and monastery led them to the house of the future Dalai Lama, who then was a three-year-old boy named Lhamo Thondup. The search party came disguised as travelers and observed the child for signs. When the boy correctly identified possessions that had belonged to his predecessor and said that they were his, the identification was official [source: Dalai Lama]. In 1950, he became Tibet's spiritual leader and took his monk's vows. Gyatso was sent to a monastery where he was given a scholarly education, including a doctorate in Buddhist studies. He learned philosophy, Sanskrit, music, arts and medicine. Along with these studies he was given an education in foreign relations to prepare him for his role as political and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. In 1950, at the age of 16, Tenzin Gyatso officially assumed political power. He then began his lifelong struggle for the Tibetan...
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