<span>All goes wrong when, starved for lack of anything good in their own lives, men turn to public affairs hoping to snatch from thence the happiness they hunger for. They set about fighting for power and this . . . conflict ruins them and their country. The life of true philosophy is the only one that looks down upon offices of state
Plato indicates that men are corrupted of happiness when man attempts seek happiness from outside of him self and does not succeed it is the same with the state the conflict of interest between personal and professional life causes great sadness. Plato would neither condone or condemn people fighting for power but would rather challenge their mind set.</span>
People died or got killed with weapons , lots of blood.
I n t r o d u c t i o nHan Fei (d. 233 BCE) was a student of the philosopher Xunzi (c. 310-c. 219 BCE), but abandoned Confucian philosophy in favor of the more pragmatic and hardheaded approach of men like Lord Shang (Shang Yang or Gongsun Yang, d. 338 BCE), whom we collectively label as “Legalists.” Han Fei worked as an official for the state of Qin until he was executed in 233 BCE, allegedly on charges manipulated by a fellow official, Li Si (d. 208 BCE), who was also formerly a fellow student under Xunzi. Han Fei is most famous, however, for having developed a thorough and systematic synthesis of Legalist and Daoist philosophy, which we see in the book which bears his name--a book of which he is possibly the real author, but which at any rate is accepted as a reasonably accurate representation of his thinking.D o c u me n t E x c e r p t s wi t h Q u e s t i o n s (Longer selection follows this section)From Sources of Chinese Tradition, compiled by Wm. Theodore de Bary and Irene Bloom, 2nd ed., vol. 1 (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999), 199-203. © 1999 Columbia University Press. Reproduced with the permission of the publisher. All rights reserved.Selectionsfromthe Han Feizi:Chapter 49, “The Five Vermin
No they shouldn’t because it can interfere with the geography of the country if an illegal substance or organism is brought into the country
The answer is: Spend it
Reaganomics are sets of economic principles which popularized by Ronald Reagan during his presidency.
According to this principles, If people have more money in their disposal (which can happen if the government reduce income taxes), The consumers will most likelly will spend those money for consumption purpose. As an effect, businesses will thrive and the United States' economy will grow. Creating a more prosperous society.
