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I INTRODUCTION Democracy  (Greek  demos, ”the people”; kratein, “to rule”), political system in which the people of a country rule through any form of government they choose to establish. In modern democracies, supreme authority is exercised for the most part by representatives elected by popular suffrage. The representatives may be supplanted by the electorate according to the legal procedures of recall and referendum, and they are, at least in principle, responsible to the electorate. In many democracies, such as the United States, both the executive head of government and the legislature are elected. In typical constitutional monarchies such as the United Kingdom and Norway, only the legislators are elected, and from their ranks a cabinet and a prime minister are chosen. Although often used interchangeably, the terms democracy and republic are not synonymous. Both systems delegate the power to govern to their elected representatives. In a republi

FAITH AND REASON IN THE LIGHT OF THOMAS AQINA'S PHILOSOPHY

INTRODUCTION So many philosophers have written a lot about the relationship between faith and reason, particularly, those philosophers that existed within the medieval period in the annals of philosophy. Some philosophers opined that faith and reason are two entities that have reconcilable differences. Thus they will always conflict. Some philosophers opined that faith and reason are two entities that have irreconcilable differences, thus they will always conflict. Others opined that faith is superior to reason. On the other hand, some philosophers argued that reason are superior to faith. While some of these Christian thinkers opines that faith and reason are complementary and that the duo need each other to reach their final purposes; that is the attainment of truth. For the sake of delineation of assignment, our focal gaze will be on the thought of Thomas Aquinas’ on the relationship between faith and reason. For us to fully understand his thought, let us briefly look at th

AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND FRENCH DECLARATION HUMAN RIGHT DEVELOPMENT ( By: Dabo Euclid).

(Dabo Euclid)              INTRODUCTION Going by the nature of thing [de rerum netura], man is born free and remain free and equal in right. Social distinction can only be funded upon the general virtue. They have certain nature right property, life and to liberty, and hence, the state only to recognize and secure such right and not to stratify them.                             THE DECLERATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZEN The declaration passels by French National constitution assembles in and avails right. The declaration was directly influenced by Thomas Jeffers working with genera Lafayette, who introduced of influenced also by the doctrine of ‘’natural right’’ The right of man are holy to be universally Valid at all times and every place pertaining human nature himself. It becomes the basis for a nature of free individuals protected equally by low. It is included in the preamble of the constitutions of both fourth French republic [1946] and fifth republic [1958]