The Iliad is Aristotle’s Tragedy; an “Imitation of Action” Humans tend to take comfort in the idea that their lives are not the most unfortunate‚ this makes tragedy a popular theme for many well written pieces. Although The Iliad is not considered a tragedy‚ according to Joe Sachs it still follows Aristotle’s definition of one in “The Poetics”. Which is‚ tragedy is the use of “imitation of action” to arouse pity and fear‚ leading to catharsis from the audience in a piece of literature. There are
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In the Politics‚ Aristotle states that it is clear “that the state is both natural and prior to the individual” (Politics I.1‚ 1253a18). In saying this‚ Aristotle means that if an individual were to be separated from the state‚ he no longer has the function and capacity which defined him before. He reasons that the individual would not be self-sufficient away from the state. Aristotle gives the analogy of a hand being severed from a man’s body. The unattached hand would still be referred to as a
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Title IX at 40 Title IX is a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972 which states "No person in the United States shall‚ on the basis of sex‚ be excluded from participation in‚ be denied the benefits of‚ or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance..." This federal civil rights law prohibits sex discrimination in education and has helped to eliminate and prevent barriers to students ’ success in school. It has helped open
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Is Title IX still necessary in today’s United States educational facilities? The President‚ the father of two daughters‚ says “Yes.” The Judicial Department has forty years of experience with women‚ sports‚ and Title IX. The justice Department follows the mandate of Congress in regards to Title IX. Each one of the branches of our government affects the lives of girls and women. They are working together to keep leveling the playing field. The President supports Title IX and gender equity in schools
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Friendship So many people say that you won’t amount to anything‚ you won’t make it‚ you won’t succeed- unless you’re on your own. But those people forget the heroes standing behind them- the unsung warriors- the brave fighters and peacemakers- who make life what it is. These people are friends‚ compadres‚ amigos‚ amis and even the chums- add the vibrancy and color to this world that is otherwise a monotone black and white. These people- who no matter what is wrong and what they are doing‚ support
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This is from activity that results happiness. The highest object of a person is intelligence. Therefore‚ intelligence and contemplation are the highest forms of happiness (Book X‚ Chapter VIII). In order to be happy‚ a person must be virtuous and in order to be virtuous‚ a person needs to practice virtue to be good. People are unlikely to be naturally virtuous. It comes through education at a young age. A child can be educated to
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glishArgumentative Essay The function of an argumentative essay is to show that your assertion (opinion‚ theory‚ hypothesis) about some phenomenon or phenomena is correct or more truthful than others’. The art of argumentation is not an easy skill to acquire. Many people might think that if one simply has an opinion‚ one can argue it successfully‚ and these folks are always surprised when others don’t agree with them because their logic seems so correct. Argumentative writing is the act of forming
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Title IX to the Max Sports are very crucial and take part of a vast roll in people’s life. To some it is a stress reliever‚ fun game‚ or their entire life but sometimes there are situations that make you step back to evaluate what is actually going on. In a female athlete’s opinion male sports get more than what their sport or any other female sport would get but in a male competitor’s assumption is that they are both given the opportunity to do the same things especially with the Title IX that was
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Maria Guijarro Kelli Kadi Eng 105 October‚ 01 2013 The impact of Title IX The first person to introduce Title IX in Congress was its author and chief Senate sponsor‚ Senator‚ Birch Bayh of Indiana. According to Birch Bayh “While the impact of this amendment would be far-reaching.” it is whoever‚ an important first step in the effort to provide for the woman of America. It’s that equal change to attend the schools of their choice‚ to develop the skills that they will have a fair chance to secure
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Christ 29 October 2013 Aristotle’s Lagoon Reflection Aristotle was a famous Greek philosopher‚ scientist‚ and educator. He was an outstanding student at Plato’s academy. “The Reader” was a name given to him by Plato himself. Aristotle was the first of many discoveries in science‚ medicine‚ and philosophy. He made many of his decisions and discoveries at a particular place. This place is later going to be called Lesvos Island. Lesvos Island is often called Aristotle’s lagoon because of the famous
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