of the body. Anyone who believes in immortality also believes in the independent existence of the soul. Plato certainly thought that the soul could exist separately. Here is what Aristotle has to say on this topic: . . . the soul does not exist without a body and yet is not itself a kind of body. For it is not a body‚ but something which belongs to a body (414a20ff). So according to Aristotle the soul is not separable from the body. If the soul is what gives the body its form‚ bringing it forth
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Plato Plato was born on or around May 21‚ 427 in Athens. His real name was Aristocles. Plato (meaning broad) was his wrestling name. He was the child of Ariston and Perictione‚ both of Athenian aristocratic ancestry. He lived his whole life in Athens‚ although he traveled to various places such as Sicily and southern Italy on several occasions. Little is known of his early years‚ but he was given the finest education Athens had to offer. He devoted his considerable talents to politics and the writing
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Space exploration has been increasing greatly in the last 50 years. It has allowed us to understand the greatness of the universe and the endless possibilities it offers us. Our planet‚ Earth‚ is inhabited by approximately 6 billion humans. This is well over our natural carrying capacity (the amount of resources there are to sustain our population) but with techniques such as farming‚ we have manipulated our resources to provide us with enough food‚ but alternate solutions are needed. The Cold War
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The African Union: Providing Peace in Africa? A case study of the African Mission in Burundi Dr Annemarie Peen Rodt Department of Politics‚ Languages and International Studies University of Bath‚ 1 West North‚ Bath BA2 7AY‚ United Kingdom Email: apr20@bath.ac.uk International Studies Association Annual Convention 16-19 March 2011. Montreal‚ Canada. This is a first draft. Please do not quote without consulting the author. Comments and questions are more than welcome. Abstract The African Union
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bombarded with images of stick skinny woman and this is the way almost everyone wants to look. Although there are other factors the media is the primary source of obsession with being thin. Why has this become such a popular trend? Is this what society says is acceptable? Prove has shown that ladies exposed to pictures of thin models experience more depression‚stress‚guilt‚shame‚insecurity and body dissatisfaction than those exposed to photo of average sized woman. In a world where images seem to
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Aristotle – Nicomachean Ethics Book I 1. What does it mean to say Aristotle’s ethical theory is “teleological?” In Aristotle’s world‚ nature‚ which is made up of matter and form‚ is teleological‚ meaning it has an end or goal. For example‚ the telos of an acorn is to turn into an oak tree. At first something has its potential and then it makes the choice in life to actualize that potential‚ by virtue‚ and be the best it can be. There is an aim and purpose to everything and a purpose to everything
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fertile crescent traditionally considered to be cradle of the Neolithic Revolution. Mehrgarh was the first site for Archaeologists which they found many ancient society and pottery‚ pre -historic sites jewellery and much more ancient things. Mehrgarh situated in Baluchistan near Quetta. The Archaeologists found many ancient remains‚ society and they found that the different communities were lived there in the early days and they were migrant people. In 1920 Sir Aurel Stein discovers the large number
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We as Americans are becoming increasingly lazy and gradually isolating ourselves from our everyday surroundings due to technology. Technology is detrimental to society by corrupting our minds and consuming our lives. Although technology allows us to efficiently communicate with one another and helps to make life a little amenable‚ it has made the population alarmingly lazy. Instead of going outside to play with friends in the beautiful fresh outdoors‚ one would simply stay shut in the confines
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Religion‚ Society and Politics in Southeast Asia “Women in Islamizing Javanese Society and Modern Indonesia” Okky Wicaksono kiky_wicakso@yahoo.com Among major world religions‚ many scholars believe Islam is a religion that is not very friendly towards women position. It is so pointed out as evidently Islam is more patriarchal where male extensively dominates its social hierarchy. Based on the holy Quran as one of the most fundamental source of the religion and aside from Hadith and Sunnah
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man should follow courses of action that are seen to be ‘just’‚ Plato compliments his ethical answers by establishing a psychological structure that shows that conflict predominantly occurs during our decision making as moral agents. We can also see in The Republic a progression of the soul from his earlier‚ more primitive account‚ that saw that man could only act in his best interests (even if these were subsequently flawed). Plato has developed his arguments considerably so as to take into account
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