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    What is the “Self” and what is the “Soul”? The answer to this question can vary in all different kinds of ways. If you ask someone religious they will tell you that you the self is more of a shell for the soul‚ and the soul is the spiritual essence of a person. If you ask a philosopher‚ they will most likely answer those questions with another question‚ such as are they not the same thing? Or what exactly is the essence of a person? In David Samuels’ essay “In the Age of Radical Selfishness” he

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    Analyzing Sight Passage Romeo & Juliet – Act 3/Scene 2/lines 1-34 1. Identify the speaker * Juliet is the speaker of the passage. 2. To whom is being spoken to * Juliet is speaking to the audience. 3. The context of the passage * This passage appears at the point in the play when Romeo kills Tybalt out of rage for killing Mercutio‚ and is exiled by the Prince for taking the law into his own hands. Juliet‚ unaware of what had happened‚ waits alone in the Capulet

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    An extract from A Sermon for All Souls Day‚ demonstrates how prayer was encouraged‚ for ‘saints have often heard devils wails when souls were delivered form their hands through good prayers.’ The laity were warned that if they failed to execute the deceased’s bequests‚ or show generosity in prayer‚ their own soul would suffer as a consequence. A Knight prior to battle beseeched his cousin that‚ should he fall‚ his horse was

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    helping either. In the end‚ I had to follow them into the car obediently and waved girls goodbye before I got them into trouble‚ but not without noticing those expressions on their face that were about to break out into fits of laughter once I’m out of sight. Oh hold on a second‚ everyone. Please don’t get confused. I’m not getting kidnapped or abducted by the two buff men in black‚ bringing me into an abandoned shelter to demand a handsome sum of ransoms from my parents while my friends just stood there

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    believed that a human was comprised of a body‚ which is physical‚ and a soul‚ which is spiritual. His ideas on the subject‚ although not originally his‚ became the first fully developed ideas in Western Philosophy of human beings consisting of two parts. Like his teacher‚ Socrates‚ Plato believed humans to be essentially their souls. He believed that the body’s desires were important‚ but not as much as the soul’s. Plato saw the soul as comprised of three parts and drew an analogy that compared it to

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    Soul Surfer Summer Read Questions 1. Soul Surfer takes place in Kauai‚ Hawaii. In the story‚ the main character-Bethany Hamilton- is an extremely talented surfer. Her whole life basically revolved around surfing‚ she loved it more than anything else in the world. Bethany spent most of her time in the water‚ either practicing or competing. Until one day during a practice session with her best friend‚ Alana Blanchard‚ something tragic occurred. Bethany was attacked by a 14 foot tiger shark. Alana

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    order Security using Wireless Integrated Network Sensors: Definition: Wireless Integrated Network Sensors (WINS) now provide a new monitoring and control capability for monitoring the borders of the country. Using this concept we can easily identify a stranger or some terrorists entering the border. The border area is divided into number of nodes. Each node is in contact with each other and with the main node. The noise produced by the foot-steps of the stranger are collected using the

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    "Soul Surfer" Brings Hope Christianity plays a large role in "Soul Surfer‚" the true story of Bethany Hamilton who lost her arm in a shark attack in 2003. Bethany’s family and friends are a huge support system for her. Her faith in God is what gets her through the horrific time that she has trying to overpower the grief of losing her arm. “Soul Surfer” could be compared to the movie “The Blind Side” which was filmed in 2009. Michael Oher and Bethany Hamilton both have a lot in common. They are

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    Explain Aristotle’s body/soul distinction. A key question for the ancient Greeks (as it still is for many people today) is whether the soul can exist independently of the body. Anyone who believes in immortality also believes in the independent existence of the soul. Plato certainly thought that the soul could exist separately. Here is what Aristotle has to say on this topic: . . . the soul does not exist without a body and yet is not itself a kind of body. For it is not a body‚ but something which

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    believed that the soul was made of three parts. The Three Parts of the Soul in Plato’s Republic and Phaedrus are mans Appetite (Black Horse on Left)‚ Spirited (White Horse on Right)‚ and Reason (Charioteer). Each part of the soul has it’s own virtue as well as its own vice. Temperance is the virtue of Appetite‚ Courage the virtue of Spirit‚ and Wisdom is the virtue of Reason. It was Plato’s belief that goodness and justice come from the correct balance of the Three Parts of the Soul. We will uncover

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