Ancient Greece. In the Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle said that‚ “Without friends‚ no one would want to live‚ even if he had all other goods.” He obviously believed that the love that comes from friendship‚ or philia‚ was the most important thing the someone could hope to obtain. Philia is a consistent theme that shows up in many Greek texts‚ including Aristotle’s
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THE GOLDEN RATIO IN THE HUMAN BODY GABRIELLE NAHAS IBDP MATH STUDIES THURSDAY‚ FEBRUARY 23rd 2012 WORD COUNT: 2‚839 INTRODUCTION: The Golden Ratio‚ also known as The Divine Proportion‚ The Golden Mean‚ or Phi‚ is a constant that can be seen all throughout the mathematical world. This irrational number‚ Phi (Φ) is equal to 1.618 when rounded. It is described as "dividing a line in the extreme and mean ratio". This means that when you divide segments of a line that always
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Content 1. Background of Golden Village 2. SWOT of Golden Village 3. Analysis 4. Conclusion 5. Recommendation 1. Background of Company Golden Village (GV) was established on 28 May 1992‚ with the first cinema at Yishun 10 complex. It was a joined venture by two companies‚ Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Holding Limited of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow Limited of Australia. Currently‚ GV has a total of 11 cinemas at different shopping malls across Singapore. The current
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On Virtue: Comparing the Views of Confucius and Aristotle Humanities 101 Winter Quarter Strayer University Instructor: Professor Roberta Jones CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance received in its presentation is acknowledged and disclosed in the paper (at the end). I have also cited any sources from which I used data‚ ideas‚ or words‚ either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that
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------------------------------------------------- Golden Quadrilateral From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Golden Quadrilateral | Highway map of India with the Golden Quadrilateral highlighted in solid blue colour | Route information | Maintained by NHAI | Length: | 5‚846 km (3‚633 mi) | Delhi – Kolkata | Length: | 1‚453 km (903 mi) | Major junctions: | NH 2 | Delhi – Mumbai | Length: | 1‚419 km (882 mi) | Major junctions: | NH 8‚ NH 79A‚ NH 79‚ NH 76 | Mumbai – Chennai
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healthy‚ he has a strong mind‚ may one call him happy. Aristotle was very clear on one thing: “Happiness depends on ourselves.” Aristotle preserved his belief that happiness was the central purpose of human life‚ and it should be an accomplishment that everyone should strive to. He believed that genuine happiness required the fulfillment of several conditions‚ including mental and physical strength and well being. In the Nicomachean Ethics‚ Aristotle lays his work for the future to read and learn from
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social activity in the development of scientific knowledge. Looking through films you can see many sociological themes. I chose to look at “Mean Girls” and pull the sociological themes out. Mean Girls is a movie about a girl‚ Cady‚ who moves to the US from Africa and starts at a new school. She immediately befriends two outcasts‚ who explain the school ’s social scene. There are a group of three girls (the “Plastics”) who are popular‚ malicious and rule the school. As a trick‚ these three girls
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Mountain and walk through the forests‚ you may see some golden figure swinging from trees to trees. They are golden snub-nosed monkeys‚ which I think are the most beautiful kind of primates in the world. Golden snub-nosed monkeys are famous for their golden hair and pale blue faces. Another obvious characteristic of this kind of monkeys is that there are no bones in their noses. With these features‚ you can easily recognize them. Golden snub-nosed monkeys are about 66-76cm in length‚ but their
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In other words‚ in order to apply golden rule one should imagine oneself in the place of the other person. It is important to remember that the golden rule does not replace the generally accepted moral norms. Nevertheless‚ under the current circumstances‚ the cultural diversity‚ and the rapid pace of the social development‚ the golden rule is a solution to the standardization of the ethical values. On one hand‚ evaluating the situation
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age that holds most of these events is the Golden Age of Piracy. This started in the 16th century. The Golden Age is when piracy really caught on. People would pay for the pirates pirate ships in return for 10% of the plunder. Around 1609 “Morocco became a new center for piracy” as stated in source 2 Pirate History. In 1671 Buccaneers captured pamina and they fought in the war of the spanish succession in 1701-1714. After the american revolution the U. S.
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