Cogito ergo sum‚ or its translation‚ “I think‚ therefore I am‚” is a frequently-quoted line from well-known mathematician and philosopher René Descartes. I’ve noticed that it often seems to be misunderstood; this post is a brief outline of the idea and some of my thoughts on it. When concluding cogito ergo sum‚ Descartes was attempting to determine what truths‚ if any‚ could be truly known beyond all doubt. He had a tough time of it‚ finding that almost everything he could think of was subject
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In “Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald J. Trump‚” by Harry Hurt III‚ Hurt wrote that Donald Trump became enraged after scalp reduction surgery left him in pain‚ and blamed his then-wife‚ who had recommended the doctor. Hurt describes Trump pinning back Ivana’s arms and ripping out her hair by the handful “as if he is trying to make her feel the same kind of pain that he is feeling.” This evidence demonstrates that President Trump has been part of the misogyny that we are living‚ it is not a
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People’s Perception: Reich or Regime? Hitler’s effective use of propaganda put a shield over the general population in terms of what they did and did not know. Unfortunately‚ the number of people who were aware of these atrocities and actually did something to help‚ was small. The Holocaust lasted twelve years until Hitler was stopped and the concentration camps were liberated. Some important questions to raise are: to what extent were the people actions and mindsets influenced by Hitler’s beliefs
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People are constantly being exposed to societal “trends” and “expectations” around them in their cultures‚ therefore it is difficult for one to stay fully unique. One may choose to diminish societal influence and preserve their individualism by: Restricting standard social influences‚ creating a distinct identity‚ and keeping honesty as best policy. In The Importance of Being Earnest‚ Oscar Wilde‚ satirically illustrates the image of two men Jack and Algernon fighting for the most precious women
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Throughout history there have been moments that shape our lives and the set of beliefs we have today as a nation‚ one of those moments is the civil war. The civil war is a pivotal moment in the U.S history which has impacted our constitutional‚ political‚ and social way of being. The civil war led to the thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments and established vital key people in the confederate victory such as Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant in history. Although the civil war did not
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Cheshire Oaks Biggest greenest M&S‚ built using innovations to reduce the impact on our planet Marks & Spencer Cheshire Oaks‚ Ellesmere Port: • Launch date August 2012 • remier store carrying the P full product catalogue‚ M&S’s second largest store in the world • ite area 525‚192 sq ft‚ 209‚068 sq ft S Gross Internal Area‚ 148‚865 sq ft net sales area • ustainable learning store‚ BREEAM S Excellent rated and M&S’ most carbon efficient • esigned to be more resilient to D climate
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Political issues: • Women played a major role in WW2 and were permanent in the industries now. • Political conflict between the war time coalition governments Churchill PM Conservative‚ Attlee DPM Labour: 1) The war-time coalition between the Conservatives (led by PM Winston Churchill) and Labour (led by Deputy PM Clement Attlee) broke up in 1945 over the question of the nature of the British society in the future. 2) The Conservatives would have been happy for a return to the inter-war practice
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the street on the way back to campus‚ pass out in the COG‚ come back to DeSmet and realize its only 6‚ take a nap‚ wake up and go to a party under the alias Josh DiBernardo (a high school senior considering playing on the baseball team)‚ and then capping the night by getting carried home by my buddies. That definitely beats my sober stories of being in the library for hours studying for a stupid Business Law test that probably will have no effect on my life outside of class. Also my tweets are exponentially
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Global Business Context Assignment 2008 Part 1: France’s economic performance over the last 40 years can be illustrated using three main macroeconomic variables; unemployment‚ inflation and GDP. When comparing them against each other‚ we can explain the relationships between each variable. (A table of the variables can be found in the appendix.) This graph shows that although there appears to be no direct relationship between GDP and unemployment until after around 1986‚ a correlation begins
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Costco Wholesale in 2008: Mission Business‚ Model‚ and Strategy Question 1: What is Costco’s business model? Is the company’s business model appealing? Why or why not? The official Costco’ mission statement is “To continually provide our member with quality goods and service at the lowest possible prices”. This statement shows us what drives Costco and their long-term goal is. They want to sell high quality goods and services to their customers‚ along with the lowest price of the market.
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