Maria M. Lopez Oct. 6‚ 2012 Philosophy 1 Mr. Senestraro Homework # 10 Explain one point Glaucon is making about human nature and why we act justly with the Shepard and ring story. Glaucon argues that all persons are egoistic and selfish. He states that the only reason people do not always do the unjust thing is because of the fear of being caught and harmed. If we look at what people really are‚ then we will see that they believe to do wrong is desirable and to suffer wrong is undesirable
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‘Frankenstein’ - Commentary The extract from ‘Frankenstein’ by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is a narrative of Victor Frankenstein‚ a scientist‚ who has created life from dead matter. He has made a promise to his creature that he would create another monster – a female – for his companionship. He has been working hard on this task alone in his laboratory. Victor contemplates the ramifications of his work on society. He fears that the new monster may become wicked and treacherous‚ maybe even worse
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Both Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Rowling’s Harry Potter are heavily influenced by great wizards. On the surface‚ these wizards may seem to be very similar‚ but upon further analysis ‚it is obvious to the reader that they have many differences. Gandalf‚ from the Lord of The Ring series‚ is a wise old wizard who is not the strongest of all wizards. His power comes the love and courage that he teaches to many of the other main characters in The Lord of the Rings‚ but he is almost invincible. Albus
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take it. Glaucon used the example of the story of the Ring of Gyges. In this story‚ the ancestor of Gyges the Lydian was a shepherd and hired servant to the‚ at that time‚ current King. One day an earthquake opened the Earth and the shepherd came across a dead body with a golden ring. He took the golden ring and discovered that it held a great power. It had the power to turn him invisible. Almost immediately after uncovering the power of this ring‚ the seemingly moral shepherd killed the king and took
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Charles Wright Mills C. Wright Mills was born in Waco‚ Texas on August 28‚ 1916 and lived in Texas until he was twenty-three years old.[1] His father‚ Charles Grover Mills‚ worked as an insurance salesman while his mother‚Frances Wright Mills‚ stayed at home as a housewife.[1][4] His family moved constantly when he was growing up and as a result‚ he lived a relatively isolated life with few continuous relationships.[5] Mills graduated from Dallas Technical High School in 1934.[6] He initially attended Texas
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as possible because of my profoundly amazing procrastination skills that have slowly cultivated over the years into the magnificent pest that shall determine my high school career. In my overdrive week I did happen to pick up The Fellowship of the Ring‚ which saw the caravan head south towards the ancient mines of moria. This was all because Sauroman caused an avalanche blocking their path through the Mountains above Rivendel. Shortly after they entered the mines they became surrounded
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Orville Wright were the sons of Milton Wright‚ a bishop of the United Brethren in Christ. Wilbur was born on April 16‚ 1867‚ in Millville‚ Indiana. Orville was born on August 19‚ 1871‚ in Dayton‚ Ohio. Both brothers attended high school‚ but did not receive diplomas. Wilbur and Orville were the only members of the Wright family who did not attend college or marry. Wilbur’s plans to enter college came to an end when he was injured in a hockey accident Brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright built
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In the poem “A Blessing‚” James Wright analyzes the relationship between human beings and nature through the descriptive explanation of an encounter between his friend and himself and two Indian horses. He shows that although we are able to relate and interact with the animals we don’t have the ability to join them or as Wright puts it: “break into blossom” (26-27). Wright uses imagery and personification to describe the nature he witnesses as he escapes from the stress of human life. The ponies
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Adolf Loos had their own views on ornamentation‚ which could be quite similar and different in some ways. In Adolf Loos’ essay on “Ornament and Crime”‚ he had a strong and critical stand against ornamentation. He argued that ornamentation was redundant and useless‚ as it no longer expressed our culture. It became “a phenomenon either of backwardness or degeneration”. Wright also related ornamentation to our culture and appreciation. He thought that ornament “is primarily
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Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright was a very successful architect‚ writer‚ interior designer and educator born on the 8th of June 1867 and died on the 9th of April 1959. He designed more than 1000 structures and completed 500 works. Style Wright’s creations took his concern with organic architecture down to the smallest details. To all his work‚ he included so much detail‚ same on the external and interior design. He was one of the first architects to design and supply custom-made‚ purpose-built
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