Model ToK Oral Presentation Understanding the Vancouver Riots: a TOK analysis of the violence following the Stanley Cup Hockey Finals on June 15th‚ 2011 Objectives of ToK Oral Presentation Identify and explore a Knowledge Issue (KI) raised by a Real-life Situation (RLS) Show insightful thinking about KI‚ supporting ideas about knowledge claims‚ justifying thinking‚ making connections with ToK concepts Presentation should have two stages: an introduction and brief explanation
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Lastly‚ Aristotle argues that tragic heroes come to the point where they realize their mis-takes or their fate. In the case of Oedipus and Antigone‚ both recognize their tragic destiny and that it is impossible to escape it. Lastly‚ Oedipus and Antigone represent tragic heroes by reach-ing the moment of self-recognition and facing the catastrophe of their actions. For example‚ after the disclosure of Oedipus’ real identity by Shepherd‚ Oedipus falls into despair: “Children‚ the god was Apollo.
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scientific approach to knowledge in principle. Others examples of the above mentioned objects (the totalities) are Ego and God. Objects of this type (with some reservations) are a lot of human being phenomena‚ such as love‚ virtue‚ conscience‚ courage‚ bravery‚ understanding and so on. All these objects are those‚ that the precise fixing of objective criteria of their existence is impossible‚ it is impossible to create the high-grade
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One Man’s Mark in History Alexander the Great had what it took to become a great leader. He had culture‚ intelligence‚ and bravery. He was a leader who believed in his people and even granted military favors to his army. As a towering figure in ancient history‚ Alexander came close to conquering the entire civilized world of his day. He was one of the greatest military geniuses in history. (100 Interesting and Amazing Things About Alexander the Great). Alexander had great control in every aspect
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established view of the crucial elements that distinguish whether a person is truly tragic. According to Aristotle‚ a tragic protagonist is a nobleman or person from high status‚ who contributes to his own demise and illustrates a flaw or weakness in judgment. The tragic protagonist must make a fall from a high state of being to a low state or death. The tragic hero’s downfall‚ said Aristotle‚ was brought upon by some error of judgement. Aristotle’s theory is not the final word on tragedy‚ however
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Parts of Speech In grammar‚ a part of speech (also a word class‚ a lexical class‚ or a lexical category) is a linguistic category of words (or more precisely lexical items)‚ which is generally defined by the syntactic or morphological behavior of the lexical item in question. Common linguistic categories include noun and verb‚ among others. There are open world classes which constantly acquire new members‚ and closed word classes‚ which acquire new members infrequently if at all. Almost all languages
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for what they believe in‚ and changed their circumstances that way. Still‚ others are remembered for their intellectual prowess‚ and their influence on how we think about life. When you hear about philosophers‚ it tends to be Plato‚ Socrates‚ or Aristotle. These men are great‚ and it is appropriate that we discuss them so often; however‚ there are other thinkers who have had a significant impact on philosophy. One of those individuals is Marcus Aurelius who is even more remarkable because he combined
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Understanding Ethics: An Argument for Virtue Ethics There are many different ethical systems out there to learn from and each one them have their own way of describing beliefs. So many choices but‚ which one is right for you? Maybe a mix of ethical systems is the right way to go? This article will present pro’s and con’s from three ethical systems and why it is this author’s belief that virtue ethics is all around a better system than the rest. Though this article won’t cover every system
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During the period when the Celts existed‚ which is approximately 800 BC - 400 AD‚ they were just a little tribe compared to other large civilizations such as the Romans and Greeks. They still managed to conquer many regions and prove victorious in most of their battles. Who were these Celts that survived numerous struggles? Where did they originate? What kind of social structure did they have? What kinds of beliefs did they have? What sort of weapons and armor did they use in battle? What were some
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other instructors of Alexander‚ and with guidance from Olympias‚ planted the seeds of his great potential and passed on the beginnings of what would be the necessary skills to be a successful ruler. It was with Aristotle however‚ that Alexander gained the most important lessons of all. Aristotle guided Alexander in the ideas and practices of Morals and Politics‚ as well as schools of philosophy and theories which eventually helped guide Alexander and his actions as ruler. Plutarch explains again in “Alexander”
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