Assignment I: Is Socrates a good citizen? Discuss with reference to the Apology and the Crito. The Socratic Citizen Plato’s Socrates is a character plagued and prized with contradictions. He professed to care for nothing so much as virtue and human excellence but was incriminated by the greatest and most open democracy in ancient history. He was wrongfully convicted‚ yet unwilling to avoid his unjust execution. He is at once the most Athenian‚ citizenly‚ patriotic‚ and other-regarding of philosophers—and
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Confirmation Bias Rosemarie Hamm September 21‚ 2012 Confirmation Bias Confirmation bias is the human habit of seeking information that confirms one’s judgments or assumptions. One’s current feelings about a situation‚ memory‚ or person influence one’s thoughts and memories about that situation‚ memory‚ or person. If one is feeling negatively about something or someone‚ the individual will often recall the worst factors or memories about that person or circumstances. However; if one is
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Brutus wrong‚ and Cassius wrong/ Who‚ you all know‚ are honourable men”(3.2.135-136). By the time Antony says this‚ he had already used the word “honorable” to describe Brutus and the conspirators five times‚ which indicates repetition. By using rhetorical devices such as repetition‚ Antony can get his point across‚ which is that the conspirators might not have actually done a very honorable thing. Antony also has to get something across to the audience‚ which is that they “are not wood.not stones‚ but
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Types of Fallacies: * “Argument” from pity: when feeling sorry for someone drives us to a position on an unrelated matter * We have a job that needs doing; Helen can barely support her starving children and needs work desperately. But does Helen have the skills we need? We may not care if she does; and if we don’t‚ nobody can fault us for hiring her out of compassion. But feeling sorry for Helen may lead us to misjudge her skills or overestimate her abilities‚ and that is a mistake in
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Ad Hominem An argument based on the failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case; a logical fallacy that involves a personal attack. Allegory Extending a metaphor so that objects‚ persons‚ and actions in a text are equated with meanings that lie outside the text. Alliteration The repetition of an initial consonant sound. Allusion A brief‚ usually indirect reference to a person‚ place‚ or event--real or fictional. Ambiguity The presence of two or more possible meanings
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The words I’ve found that are significant to the plot‚ character‚ setting‚ and theme‚ and decoded are; marauding‚ pandemonium‚ forlorn‚ improbability‚ and crystalline. I came across the word “marauding” in page 119 and the meaning it is going about in search of things to steal or people to attack. In this case the hyena was one of the characters in this story who’ve ended up marauding‚ it did not attack Pi or steal anything from him‚ but it did attack and kill its fellow boat mates one by one starting
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The best way to live is to remember that you’ll die. The CEO and founder of Apple and Pixar‚ Steve Jobs presents his speech‚ about finding and doing what you love‚ to the Stanford graduating class of 2005. Job’s purpose in his commencement speech was to convince and encourage the graduates to follow their heart in their pursuit of happiness‚ no matter what obstacles get in their way. Throughout his speech he adopted a serious tone as he convinced them to “…find what you love…” (4)‚ through anecdotes
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without us even realizing it is media bias. We see it in the news. We see it on our favorite sitcoms. We read it every day in the paper. Yet‚ we really don’t recognize it when we hear it or see it. Media bias is evident in every aspect of the media‚ yet the problem is that we don’t even recognize it when it is right in front of our faces. The problem is not only that there is media bias present‚ but also that we can’t recognize it when we see it. Media bias is the tendency for the media to represent
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That is why wanting to be a professional player for any sport is “unrealistic” for most people. You have to be a gifted player to make it to the pros. A first team All-American college basketball forward at the University of Maryland. That’s who Len Bias was. He was a humble player with extremely high expectations and a favorite of many because of his size‚ athleticism‚ and passion for the game of basketball. He had dreamt of becoming an NBA player ever since he was a little kid growing up in a road
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Liberal Media is a Myth It is often said that the news media has a liberal bias. Joseph Goebbels said it best “if you repeat something often enough‚ people will believe it.” This couldn’t be truer in politics‚ it’s that bandwagon effect; everyone believes it so you should too. Alterman (2003) stated‚ “Conservatives have intimidated journalists into repeating their baseless accusations of liberal bias by virtue of their willingness to repeat it… endlessly.” (p.37). In fact‚ 75% of conservatives
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