Areté: A Greek Way of Life The term areté is widely used to describe one of the key values in ancient Greek culture. Most often it is translated to mean “virtue‚” but in essence areté simply means “excellence.” Areté can be used to describe anything‚ and it often was in Greek literature. For example‚ the areté of a bull is not the same as the areté of a man‚ and the areté of a song is different than that of a bull. Of all the literary works in Greek culture‚ two were used as the foundation of
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physical appearance‚ religion‚ money‚ or even sexuality. We are all human and in my opinion‚ everybody should be treated equally. Whether our differences define who we are‚ it would be at our best if we valued everybody equally. In the article “Seeing Beyond Our differences” by Sheri White‚ she states that we should see each other as equals. Maybe it would be best if we considered a few of her statements…. The purpose of the article that she wrote was to inform her opinion and hopefully to make
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Many people in life become lost‚ but so little are as far off the road as the young Ishmael Beah. In Ishmael Beah’s autobiography titled A Long Way Gone; Memoirs of a Boy Soldier‚ he is caught in the middle of a civil war that destroys everything he knows and holds dear. To capture his audience‚ Beah starts his novel with a strong‚ telling‚ title. Beah’s title refers directly to how far young Ishmael has been forced off his path both mentally and physically. This title foreshadows the emotional depth
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greater amount of heat energy is absorbed‚ which results in global warming. “In fact‚ America is the largest carbon dioxide producing nation (Schneider- 33-34).” There are several ways to reduce pollution; however‚ considering the economic problems America is going through‚ it’s a difficult issue. One of the ways to deal with pollution considering the economic problem is to give out marketable pollution permits. Marketable pollution permits are a combination of command and control and market-based
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health. But health is not only about a person’s physical state‚ a person’s mental state is just as important. To the surprise of many‚ the aspiration for better health can be achieved in the simplest of way. In USA Today‚ Sarah Schmelling writes about laughter and health in her article Laugh Your Way To Better Health. Although Sarah is a third party observer and someone who isn’t an expert on the topic‚ she succeeds in informing the readers about how laughing is beneficial to health.
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depends upon the way to use it. Your vehicle might be a most expensive purchase you have ever made as it involves high cost and lots of efforts. Most of us buy a car to improve our comfort level while traveling. They add great value in improving our life styles. Now owing a car is pretty fine but maintaining it is also very necessary. If you spent lot of money on buying a car‚ you might ensure that it would be in good condition so it always looks clean and shiny. The best way for keeping the vehicle
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Chapter 1: The Emperor ’s New Clothes In this chapter‚ Mrs. Williams explores society ’s failure to deal straightforwardly with the practice of exclusion. This is something that infects everyone‚ from the very old to the very young‚ and Mrs. Williams does a great job of pointing these things out. As I proceeded to read this piece‚ I found myself being able to relate and agree with a lot of the things Mrs. Williams spoke on. The truth of the matter is the fact that society puts emphasis on things
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planet get green but at what cost? Why is using biofuels so bad? But why were they invented? Could it be ‚ that biofuels could still be good? Scientists today are trying to find a better way to produce biofuels . Today biofuels are derived from corn kernels. The scientists are debating whether we should find a better way of extracting biofuels‚ or continue using corn kernels to extract this necessary fuel. Whats so bad about using corn kernels for biofuels. The big problem we have today is that corn
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N. Scott Momaday “The Way to Rainy Mountain” “The Way to Rainy Mountain” by N. Scott Momaday was a really strong essay/ story. It had a lot of different images that was very well descriptive and had a lot more details than what was told in the essay/ story. His descriptions were so vivid and strong: I could actually she all of the different weathers. I like that the piece was written by what I would consider a Native American; it made this a lot more interesting and informative to read because
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Finding my Way Back to School Cricket L. Beem English 121 Cicely Denean-Cobb May 31‚ 2010 Finding my Way Back to School Finding my way back to school has been a long time coming. I have wanted to attend college before I even finished grade school. At seventeen I married a Military man. I always said‚ “When I move to another base I will start college”. We moved to Fort Hood‚ Texas. Nine years have gone by and at last I have enrolled in a degree plan at Ashford University. What made me wait
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