Karim Benzema Karim Mostafa Benzema was born on December 19 1987. He is a French international soccer player who plays for a Spanish team (club) called Real Madrid in La Liga (Spanish league) . He primarily plays as a striker‚ he is known for his technical ability‚ powerful style of play‚ and fast goal scoring ability. He is described as an "immensely-talented striker" who is "strong and powerful" and "a potent finisher from inside the box". Benzema was born in the city of Lyon and began his football
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Socrates Socrates (470-399) was the son of a sculptor and a midwife‚ and served with distinction in the Athenian army during Athens’ clash with Sparta. He married‚ but had a tendency to fall in love with handsome young men‚ in particular a young soldier named Alcibiades. He was‚ by all accounts‚ short and stout‚ not given to good grooming‚ and a lover of wine and conversation. His famous student‚ Plato‚ called him “the wisest‚ and justest‚ and best of all men whom I have ever known” (Phaedo)
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Republic of Rome from Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 - 43 BC). Cicero was a writer and philosopher who is famous for his vast collection of private letters to various individuals‚ such as Titus Pomponius Atticus to whom he wrote to without fear about every day Rome and it’s politics. Cicero in this source proclaims Rome to be founded on an amazing location tactfully thought out by Romulus. “The site of the city – a matter which calls for the most careful consideration". Cicero explains how Romulus when deciding
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quemque nostrum” (Henderson). Translating this reveals that Cataline is picking out the figures in the court to kill‚ according to Cicero. He uses a metaphor in this sentence to rhetorically persuade his audience by saying the phrase “notat et designat.” This was a phrase that meant the act marking different animals to be waiting for their sacrificed (Yonge). Cicero compares this the way Cataline’s brain functions and may offend the people of the Senate. Thus‚ he is furthering the argument that
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own head." (Safire 258) These enticing words‚ laced together by Marcus Tullius Cicero‚ were done so in an attempt to lead two audiences to two separate‚ although similar‚ conclusions. Cicero’s audiences included Catiline and his fellow conspirators‚ of whom Cicero wished to persuade to leave Rome‚ and that of the Roman Consul‚ of whom he wished to persuade into allowing Catiline’s departure. To accomplish such a feat Cicero made use of such literary devices as imagery‚ anaphora‚ apostrophe‚ among others
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Cicero said that "justice is a habit of the soul‚ observed in the common interest‚ which gives every man his due." According to that‚ justice‚ unlike other virtues (be it liberty‚ piety‚ respect or whatever)‚ comprises only the inter-individual relations . Consequently‚ justice pursues both individual development and social good. Justice as a universal virtue which encompasses other virtues‚ is above the law. It requires not doing any harm to anyone and "using common things as common‚ private possessions
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In the play Julius Caesar‚ several people compete to be the leader of Rome. Cassius and other conspirators are jealous of Caesar‚ and they want to kill him for revenge. Brutus doesn’t want to be part of the conspiracy‚ but is tricked into becoming a head member‚ due to his strong leadership qualities of honor‚ trustworthiness‚ and patriotism. Brutus loves the republic‚ but is tricked into believing Caesar would hurt the republic. Brutus would be an effective leader because he exhibits honor‚ trustworthiness
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Crassus‚ Cicero‚ and Julius Caesar. Pompey used his military fame to move up in government while Crassus used his fortune to be moved up in government. Cicero had a great ability to rally people‚and in one case he stopped a war from occurring just by using his words. After Pompey beat the pirates with the help of Julius Caesar he got authority over the east side and won many wars that helped Rome gain territory. After this occurred Julius Caesar seemed to become more popular over time. Cicero and Caesar
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Cicero’s Letters 62 BC - to Pompey in Asia Minor (Rome‚ summer): evidence for obsequious behaviour - ’I rely on you so completely’; reference to their political amisitia - ’join you as a friend as well as an ally’; reference to the Catilinarian Conspiracy ((CC) 63 BC) - ’I have done the right thing’‚ ’national interest’‚ ’I have achieved things’; seeks approval of his Concordia Ordinum - ’soldier and statesmen’. 59 BC - to Atticus on his way to Epirus (Rome‚ Jun/Jul): discussion of the political
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past and the future.12 Diderot suggested that the artist should sharpen this idea‚ advising him to remove the plebeian figures populating the scene‚ which‚ he argued‚ distract the eye and the mind from meditative solitude. avanzi (‘remains’)‚ For Cicero‚ beauty is not an autonomous quality; it is so closely intertwined with the other two principles that it is pointless to try to disentangle them. In his discussion of architectural aesthetics‚ in the third book of De Oratore‚ he claims that when nature
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