Gallantry and other Defence awards for the personnel serving the country in either of the three forces- Army‚ Navy and Air Forcerespectively. They are - Common to all the Three Forces Param Vir Chakra It is the highest award for showing conspicuous bravery or pre-eminent act of valour or self sacrifice‚ in front of the enemy either on land‚ at sea‚ or in the air. It is second only to Bharat Ratna given by Government of India. The decoration was instituted on 26th Jan 1950 by the President of India‚
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Bravery Bravery‚ a trait many men and women across the world search for; however‚ not many people can find bravery in themselves. Dictionary.com defines bravery as ”brave spirit or conduct; courage; valor; or showiness; splendor; magnificence” My personal definition defines bravery as saying or doing an act to help others even if it puts ones life is at risk. The word bravery was discovered in 1475 -1485 and the origins are Italian‚ “bravo”; Latin‚ “barbarous”; and Middle French‚ “brave”. The root
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What is bravery‚ well bravery for most people is to be without fear of whatever you are doing at the time. Me personally‚ bravery is when you can follow through with something that may be hard and persevere. Having bravery for things can help in many situations. It can help with school if you having trouble‚ it can help with depression if you having trouble with that. As long as you get through it‚ it would count as bravery because you got through it. Bravery can also mean without fear but everyone
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ARISTOTLE Aristotle was born on 384 BC in Stageira‚ Chalcidice 34 miles east of modern-day Thessaloniki. His father Nicomachus was the personal physician to King Amyntas of Macedon. Aristotle educated as a member of aristocracy and at the age of eighteen‚ he went to Athens to do his further studies in Plato’s Academy. He was there at the beginning as a student of Plato‚ and then became a researcher and finally a teacher. Aristotle married Hermias’s niece Pythias who died ten years later. After
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Aristotle:Nicomachean Ethics Jonathan Rodriguez I. Introduction Aristotle is considered to be one of the greatest philosophical thinkers of all time. His writings compose of searching 'what is the purpose of life' and 'function of man'. His goal was to know what makes a person’s life well and how we get there. Aristotle believes that the nature of morality is grounded in the function of persons‚ meaning that we must act in order to become happy and fulfilled. What are the
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and ideas that their people lived by and kept sacred in their day to day lives. These values include; bravery‚ loyalty‚ generosity‚ and heroism. Beowulf‚ the main character in the poem Beowulf is the man who has all of these values‚ and is the epitome of the Anglo Saxon. Beowulf is the image of bravery throughout the story Beowulf‚ and there are two examples from the story that depict his bravery best. The night Beowulf fights Grendel‚ before the actual fight Beowulf claims that he will fight Grendel
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personality‚ but when very brave‚ it mistakenly leads to being brave in situations where the dispute is unfavorable. Excessive bravery leads to careless or unneeded acts‚ times when doing something is insane. Having too much courage results in recklessness. Courage takes over rationality‚ the outcome being unwise choices‚ which leads to consequences. In both passages the qualities of bravery leads to unnecessary risks. In Beowulf’s first of the three brawls‚ Beowulf is certain he is stronger than his terrible
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an affectation in the appropriate amount. -for ex.Truthfulness: virtue regarding telling the truth about oneself Defect: self-depreciating Excess: phony omnipotence- all power and unlimited power • Distinguish goods that are‚ according to Aristotle‚ valued for the sake of other things‚ valued for their own sake‚ and valued for their own sake and for the sake of other things you want some things that gets you other stuff. for example money so its a sake for other things. valued for own sake-having
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quote by Aristotle was taken from ‘Aristotle: a Very Short Introduction’ and there is no-one of whom this is more true than Aristotle as he was dedicated to every possible discipline he could sink his teeth into making him one of the utmost key figures within philosophy‚ not only in classical philosophy but he is still regarded as influential in modern philosophy. As well as being a devoted biologist‚ botanist‚ moral philosopher‚ psychologist‚ zoologist and many more things besides Aristotle held
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the Physics. By motion‚ Aristotle (384-322 BCE) understands any kind of change. He defines motion as the actuality of a potentiality. Initially‚ Aristotle’s definition seems to involve a contradiction. However‚ commentators on the works of Aristotle‚ such as St. Thomas Aquinas‚ maintain that this is the only way to define motion. In order to adequately understand Aristotle’s definition of motion it is necessary to understand what he means by actuality and potentiality. Aristotle uses the words energeia and entelechiainterchangeably
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