In Thuli Gamedze’s “He ‘Sees Black People’. So Where Am I?” I found myself asking many questions‚ for example‚ who is he? Who am I? Am I black? What is black? Are black people his to be seen? Most importantly I started questioning my being and how I exist within the realm of ‘blackness’. This is where I discovered my inner passion and what would be the central theme of all my works‚ and especially those within Surplus/Scarcity. Olivier Valsecchi’s “Time of War” revealed the beauty within simplicity
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Virtue Theory The Virtue Theory is one of the three main theories in normative ethics‚ which emphasizes virtues in determining moral character and what is good. It focuses on what makes a good person‚ rather than what makes a good action. In other words‚ The Virtue Theory is an agent-based approach to ethics‚ which asks this question about being good: “What kind of person should I be?” This is in contrast to the other two approaches‚ Utilitarianism and Kantanism‚ which ask this question concerning
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The period of time after the War of 1812 was known as The Era of Good Feelings. The name of this period of time was not consistent with the events that occurred during this time. The era was a phase of happiness and prosperity at times. People were happy because the United States was getting bigger and bigger which gave them more access to more natural resources which would then add to the specie in the national bank. There was also an average sense of nationalism (Doc C) because major conflicts
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Simply Complexity Neil Johnson is the head of a new inter-disciplinary research group in Complexity at the University of Miami in Florida. He was previously Professor of Physics and co-director of research collaboration into Complexity at Oxford University. He does research on a wide variety of real-world Complex Systems‚ and is an author of Financial Market Complexity (Oxford University Press‚ 2003). He enjoys the complex things in life‚ like overcrowded bars and the fastest route home from
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Omniscient Point of view in “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” The story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona” by Sherman Alexie is a fictional narrative that reflects his experiences during his past and present life. The author allows the audience to become the social media that critiques his life when he evokes important episodes of his life through Victor and Thomas Builds-the-Fire liveliness. In this process‚ Sherman Alexis uses his omniscient point of view to tell
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all about? Some call it eudaimonia. Aristotle‚ one of the many great philosophers of our time‚ defined eudaimonia as “that at which all things aim”. Meaning‚ your life has come together as a whole‚ thus leading you to be happy. However‚ Aristotle also says that aiming for happiness is not what should I do‚ rather what sort of person should I become? For example‚ if we look at the people around us‚ we should only see people doing the things they feel they will be successful at‚ which will ultimately
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The Era of Good Feeling “The Era of Good Feeling” was a time of increased nationalism and prosperity for the nation. This of course is not completely true‚ debates over many important issues created a crack in the outward appearance of harmony during President Monroe’s two terms. These issues include sectionalism‚ foreign policy of isolationism and the rights of states vs. the rights of the federal government. During Monroe’s two terms‚ sectionalism‚ an excessive regard
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2305-1D73 Pleasure‚ Happiness and the Good Life for Siddhartha Depending on who is asked‚ the good life has a different meaning. For Siddhartha‚ it had a lot to do with happiness‚ and happiness for Siddhartha meant achieving his goal of finding salvation through his own path‚ his own experience. That was the only way to quench his thirst‚ to find his destiny‚ to truly find the peace and happiness he seeks in his heart. Although he found pleasure‚ which he sometimes confused for happiness‚ nonetheless
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J. Alexie‚ is a short story written in the first person focusing on two Native American Men who grew up together on a Reservation for Native Americans but have been estranged from each other since they were teenagers. Victor who is the narrator of this story is a young man who lost faith in his culture and its traditions‚ while Thomas our second main character is a deeply rooted traditional storyteller. In the beginning of the story Victor‚ our Native American narrator learns the death of his father
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What do you consider to be your greatest achievement thus far? Please share this with us in about 500 words. My greatest achievement would probably be my good academic results during my three years of polytechnic studies. How and Why those three years of studies end up as my greatest achievement thus far are probably due to my academic results between the time in secondary school and the time in polytechnic. I also believe that those three years in polytechnic change my mentality towards studying
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