Aristotle believes that through reason a person can achieve happiness or Eudaimonia. In his Nicomachean Ethics‚ happiness is achieved by fulfilling your function well. Humankind’s function is to exercise reason. This ethical conduct is achieved by following the Golden Mean‚ were one should always seek a middle ground between two extremes. I believe that life can benefit by following reason and a person could use a Golden Mean to determine the right action‚ however there are some instances where it
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A brilliant young attorney comes to you. She is employed as a new counsel in the state Department of Justice. According to her‚ however‚ her workplace is a political nightmare. While hiring seems to be done on the basis of genuine merit and skills‚ promotion seems to go to people who politic well and make strong connections with senior staffers. Those promoted are not by any means the best litigators‚ but are certainly the best “brown-nosers.” Furthermore‚ the head of the Department is an appointed
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Story Entitled “We Might As Well Be Strangers” by M.E Kerr Sofyan Widianto 0909032 English Literature Indonesia University of Education 2012 Based on my understanding to the short story Entitled “We Might As Well Be Strangers” written by M.E Kerr‚ after close reading and deep thinking to the short story I bravely assume that the short story shows the independency of a woman. The independency of a woman is shown through the main character in this story. The main problem in this short story discusses
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writer because he arranged his thoughts in this piece flawlessly. Emilio Jacinto uses a lot of similes and metaphors. Apolinario Mabini is very deep. He doesn’t say his point directly. 2. Bonifacio: Enumerate 10 things that every Filipino should know Jacinto: Interpret 10 teaching of katipunan. Mabini: Interpret the meaning of the 10 True Decalogue. 1. Before colonialism we were living in prosperity and abundance. 2. We used to have our own unique and original culture. 3. We used to be a
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Question: Historians have traditionally labeled the period after the War of 1812 the “Era of Good Feelings”. Evaluate the accuracy of this label‚ considering the emergence of nationalism and sectionalism. The label for the period after the War of 1812‚ The Era of Good Feelings‚ was true in considering to certain aspects of America. Even though there were some major problems‚ the Era of Good Feelings applied to the strong sense of nationalism. Evidently the issues on the tariff‚ foreign policy‚
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Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης‚ Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC)[1] was a Greekphilosopher and polymath‚ a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects‚ including physics‚ metaphysics‚ poetry‚ theater‚ music‚logic‚ rhetoric‚ linguistics‚ politics‚ government‚ ethics‚ biology‚ and zoology. Together withPlato and Socrates (Plato’s teacher)‚ Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle’s writings were the first
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Concept of Imitation In The Poetics‚ Aristotle asserts that literature is a function of human nature’s instinct to imitate. This implies that as humans‚ we are constantly driven to imitate‚ to create. By labeling this creative impulse an “instinct‚” one is to believe that this desire for imitation is a matter of survival‚ of necessity. The question then arises‚ of what does one feel compelled to imitate and in what way does it aid in our survival? According to essays by T.S. Eliot and Barbara Johnson
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Sherman Alexie is an American poet‚ writer‚ and filmmaker‚ which was raised on the Spokane Indian Reservations. Alexie’s literary work shows the reality of how modern Native Americans faced poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and violence on and off the reservations. In addition‚ unlike many authors Alexie uses gallows humor to lighten the darkness in some of his stories. Most of Alexie’s stories do not deal with life on the reservations; most of his stories are life experiences that can influence readers to overcome
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●Bearing Load Calculation 4. Bearing Load Calculation To compute bearing loads‚ the forces which act on the shaft being supported by the bearing must be determined. Loads which act on the shaft and its related parts include dead load of the rotator‚ load produced when the machine performs work‚ and load produced by transmission of dynamic force. These can theoretically be mathematically calculated‚ but calculation is difficult in many cases. Ks ＝ Kt・tanα（Spur gear） ……（4.3a） tanα ＝ Kt・cosβ
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