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    Healthful Living

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    HES 100 Healthful Living Fall 2012 Mesa Community College Red Mountain Campus Semester Project Part II Evidence Based Health Fair Presentation Grading Rubrics Your PSA and supporting pamphlet will be graded using the following rubric: Points Earned | Criterion | 100 | Presentation indicates a deep comprehension of the disease‚ illness or addiction. Presentation is elegant‚ logical and grounded in the evidence. | 90 | Presentation indicates deep comprehension of the disease‚ illness

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    The exhibit entitled “Tanikala” was all about the allegory of the cave by Plato. It explains the nature of reality and represents our desire to seek for the “light” which is our deeper understanding of the truth and the betterment of ourselves. The chained men are considered to be the prisoners. They are being nurtured by lies and forced to live a life accepting false reality as truth. Furthermore‚ people inside the cave had no choice but to accept and consider what they see and experience is true

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    Living in Campus

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    Continuing studies in universities or colleges is a part of students’ life. More and more students go to study far from home. Thus‚ housing is one of the problems that they might be faced. From my personal opinion‚ I believe that living in campus housing would be a best choice because it provides an appropriate circumstances of academic atmosphere and even more thrifty. As a student‚ the surrounding might be one of the factors that affect one’s academic achievements. He would need more academical

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    “Allegory of the Cave” Analysis The Allegory of the cave is an allegory written by Plato with the purpose to represent the way a philosopher gains knowledge. This allegory is a fictional dialogue between Socrates and Glaucon‚ where Socrates compares the issues appearance vs. reality‚ education vs. ignorance. There are two types of knowledge represented in this allegory‚ the one that is told and expected to be believed and accepted; and the one that is learned by a person’s own experiences

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    Living with the in-Laws

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    Living with the In-Laws “Everybody Loves Raymond” is a comedy TV show where a couple lives together and their in-laws spend most of the time at the couple’s home. In reality‚ people may think that there is nothing funny about having to share a home with the in-laws. However‚ living with the in-laws is a situation some married couples face. Sometimes it is early in the marriage until the couple gets on their feet financially. Other times it occurs when parents get older and need care. Whatever

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    ‘The Analogy of the Cave tells us nothing about reality’ Discuss. (10) Initially‚ I would say that Plato’s Allegory of the Cave doesn’t tell us anything about reality‚ and by doing so I would have to agree with the statement. My reasoning for this is straightforward and simple‚ Plato implies that the senses are completely useless‚ and by doing so he also implies that empiricist ways are also useless for they rely solely upon the senses. This shows to us that the Plato’s allegory cannot tell us anything

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    Living in the Country.

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    ESSAY: LIVING IN THE COUNTRY Living in the country has always been considered the healthiest and most relaxing choice one can make. The beauty of the land‚ open and friendly neighbours‚ genuine relationships‚ the tranquil pace of country life are some of the most attractive images that come to people´s minds when they feel tired of the pressures of city life. However‚ the dreams of moving away to a distant and quiet farm house are many times abandoned‚ especially by young people‚ when they come

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    In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave there were multiple beliefs brought upon by the prisoners of this cave. The prisoners of the cave are supposed to parallel everyday people in the sense of how reality is perceived. The prisoners of the cave believed and only knew that reality of the shadows and developed their own belief structure and way of processing that information. Plato connected that to everyday people due to the fact that although we strongly believe the reality we have made for ourselves‚ there

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    Explain the Analogy of the Cave in Plato’s Republic. Plato uses the analogy of the cave to illustrate the varying degrees of human nature between enlightened and unenlightenment. The varying degrees in enlightenment refer to the varying degrees in which we understand reality. For Plato‚ the highest degree of knowledge‚ or enlightenment‚ is the perception of the “essential Form of Goodness” Plato splits the varying degrees between enlightenment and illustrate epistemology. The stage furthest

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    Title: The Allegory of the Cave    Author: Plato    Date of Publication: First transcribed circa fourth century BC    Genre: Philosophical Dialogues‚ Parable/Allegory    Historical information about the period of publication:  The Peloponnesian war between Sparta and Athens was taking place and Plato saw  the military service during the course of the war. It had an impact on politics and  philosophy and the uprising of democracy made the ability to speak and debate become  important. The Sophists became very influential

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