Trebuchet Questions 1. What is a trebuchet? It’s an invaluable medieval siege attack weapon that’s similar to a catapult 2. What is it used for? It was used for smashing city and castle walls by hurling giant stones 3. What makes it different from a catapult? Catapults use springs and tension to launch projectiles while trebuchets use a counter weight 4. When was it used? It was used around 500AD during the Middle (or Dark) Ages 5. Why did it fall out of favor? Trebuchets fell out of favor
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“flourishing” to “the good life”. However‚ such facile English renditions of the word fail to grasp a complete sense of what exactly eudaimonia implies. It is especially necessary to have a full understanding of the idea of eudaimonia when reading Aristotle‚ because the concept plays an important role in both his ethical theory and his political theory. In this paper‚ first I will describe what exactly Aristotle’s specific conception of eudaimonia was‚ then I will show how it fits in with his larger ethical
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What is Education? Answers from 5th Century BC to the 21st Century The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things‚ not simply repeating what other generations have done. -- Jean Piaget‚ 1896-1980‚ Swiss developmental psychologist‚ philosopher An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory‚ or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don’t.-- Anatole France‚ 1844-1924‚
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What is the evil What could be consider as evil? What do you understand for evil? Would if you tell your wife you have a meeting and you will be home late‚ but in fact you went to a bar instead could be consider as evil? In “the nature of evil” Eagleton gives a definition for evil as “evil is not something positive but a kind of lack or defectiveness‚ a sort of nothingness or negativity‚ an in ability to be truly alive”(Eagleton1). Which means evil is some action due to lost confidence to live well
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What is ATTRACTION? n. 1. in social psychology‚ the natural feeling of being drawn to other individuals and desiring their company. This is usually (but not necessarily) due to having a personal liking for them. 2. in environmental psychology‚ a quality that affects the proximity of relationships - usually reflecting such factors as their liking for each other. For example‚ male-female and female-female pairs who like each are found to be closer to each other than do pairs who feel no personal
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What Is Crime? by Lawrence M. Friedman For Your Journal How would you answer the question “What is crime?” For you‚ what makes some acts criminal and others not? Explain. There is no real answer to the question‚ What is crime? There are popular ideas about crime: crime is bad behavior‚ antisocial behavior‚ blameworthy acts‚ and the like. But in a very basic sense‚ crime is a legal concept: what makes some conduct criminal‚ and other conduct not‚ is the fact that some‚ but not others‚ are
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What is newsworthy? Timing‚ significance‚ proximity‚ prominence‚ human interest are the five factors that all reporters use to decide if it is newsworthy or not. (Media College.com) I also believe that I would want to hear the news that is most important and that is exciting to watch and listen to. With an article or story that is national news it will become the story that you‚ the reporter‚ would love to get in order to get good ratings. I find this article I read to be newsworthy for the fact
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What Is Law? Although “the law” may seem to be abstract and far removed from everyday life‚ it actually is a framework for much of what you do. Perhaps you get a traffic ticket or want a local store to replace a defective toaster you purchased. Perhaps you have been called for jury duty or must testify as a witness to an accident. Perhaps you want to stop a road widening project near your home‚ ponder the issues of prayer in school or abortion‚ or must see that the provisions of a will are carried
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What is wisdom? I would like to start with a quote of Socrates in which he says: „True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life‚ ourselves‚ and the world around us. „ I think wisdom is learning through experience. Like when we love someone and realize he or she is not what we wanted‚ not what we exceptet we learn what we don’t want‚ eventhough we still might not know what we want. I think all of our wisdom consists of things we know that are not good for
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What is communication? Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another. Communication requires a sender‚ a message‚ and a recipient. Verbal Communication: face-to-face‚ telephone‚ radio or television or other media. Non-Verbal Communication: body language‚ gestures‚ how we dress or act - even our scent. Written Communication: letters‚ e-mails‚ books‚ magazines‚ the Internet or via other media. Visualizations: graphs‚ charts‚ maps‚ logos and other
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