Smoking vs. Life Why do people smoke‚ and why are they often offended when people bring it up? In the article “I’d Rather Smoke than Kiss‚” by Florence King‚ we explore her opinion on this matter. Florence includes personal experiences to relate to her audience. She is very informal and even implies swearing in this article‚ even though she doesn’t outright say it. By mainly using pathos in this article‚ she arouses the reader to her complaint. Florence also brings in credible resources
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Assess the usefulness of crime statistics to a sociological understanding of crime? Criminal statistics are usually quoted as ’hard facts’; are often used to support the view that there is a rapidly increasing rate of serious crime in modern society. It is on the basis of these statistics that important decisions are made by governments in relation to their policies towards crime and its treatment. However the positivistic reliance on such statistics as the basis of their sociology has been brought
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Socrates (469-399 BCE) lived during the time of transition from the height of the Athenian hegemony to its decline with the defeat by Sparta and its allies in the Peloponnesian War. This was a time when Athens sought to stabilize and recover from its defeat. The Athenian public had started to contemplate the effectiveness of democracy as a governmental system. At the latter end of his life he was charged with teaching the youth to “disrespect” the gods of the city. Socrates was convicted of these
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confederacy of the Athenians‚ or the elite Spartan military. The combat supremacy of Athens and Sparta was not the only factor. Athens was a mighty empire and wished to expand its control. The Spartans feared Athenian power‚ and they entered hostilities with Athens under the pretext of freeing the Panhellenic people. In a display of strength‚ Athens decided to take Melos. Melos was a mostly neutral city-state‚ but the Athenians believed
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English system of land can be traced back to the Norman conquest of 1066‚ after which William the second‚ in a land-grab of epic proportions‚ declared himself absolute owner of all the land of the country. Therefore all existing forms of land ownership were swept away .The conquest brought with it a sharp distinction between land and chattels. That is chattels are things that can be owned‚ land can’t be owned‚ except by the monarch. If private citizens can’t own land what is it that we really own when
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president if the boule and Ecclesia named Archons. Their duties were to be governors of the council and assembly. “The council of Areopagus” was the Anthenian council. This council served as an important legal institution under the the Athenian democracy. This council existed long before democracy and its power and composition changed many times over the centuries. The Athens conducted an assembly it was the regular gathering of male Athenian citizens to listen to‚ discuss‚ and vote on decrees such as
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The Athenian Oath is intended to be the first thing you see when you enter the Maxwell School of Citizenship. The glow of the shiny letters strike you as a bronze statue of George Washington in-between the text faces the door. The purpose for both the text and the statue is that it is supposed to define citizenship and show what the founding principle the Maxwell school established itself from. However‚ when further analyzing both the text and the scenery that it is presented on‚ it is clear that
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The Athenian civilization was a community established around the arts. While the spartans focused on physical attributes and constant training for war‚ the people of Athens chose to encourage a system based on the crafts‚ art and knowledge. In fact there appreciation for the arts is the reason they named their city what they did‚ after the goddess Athena who is the god of wisdom‚ craft‚ and military victory. The Athenians were also remarkably accepting to the other legal citizens. There were even
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people hold equal power to each other‚ can work‚ that a small group of ruling elite isn’t necessary. Even after the fall of athenian power‚ Pericles‚ a man who forged Athenian culture‚ made the ideals of democracy widespread (Doc 7). Athenian culture lived on and morphed‚ until‚ over time it became a part of modern day democratic cultures‚ and in what way is this more evident than
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