Plato’s Symposium is a book of speeches given in honor of Eros‚ the god of love. Aristophanes‚ a comic poet‚ gives the first speech‚ and the second is given by Socrates. The first speech tells a humorous history of mankind and how it became “whole‚” addressing gender issues and sexuality. On a more serious note‚ the second speech addresses the origin of Eros and his use to humans. Before launching his speech‚ Aristophanes warns the group that his eulogy to love may be more absurd than funny
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Modern‚ fast‚ processed food is a disaster. That‚ at least‚ is the message conveyed by newspapers and magazines‚ on television programs‚ and in cookbooks. It is a mark of sophistication to bemoan the steel roller mill and supermarket bread while yearning for stone- ground flour and brick ovens; to seek out heirloom apples while despising modern tomatoes; to be hostile to agronomists who develop high-yielding crops and to home economists who invent recipes for General Mills. My culinary style‚ like
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Mr. Morgan 123 My road CITY‚ PA 16066 May 24‚ 2013 Mr. Mike Stevens Manager iLandscape.com 120 Peters Road Mars‚ PA 16066 Dear Mr. Mike Stevens: A JOB WELL DONE I want to take this opportunity to personally thank you for the wonderful landscaping job done at our property. There is no doubt in my mind‚ that we have hired the right company for the job. Since deciding to improve our yard’s feel and look‚ the search for a reliable landscaping company was not an easy task. My wife and
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headfirst into something they cannot control. This reflects a large portion of western mindsets; the need for everything to be planned ahead and avoiding as many risks as possible unless there is a greater chance of a successful outcome. In the book‚ In Praise of Love‚ by Alain Badiou‚ he criticizes how love has become not just more capitalized‚ but has also been given a safety net that protects people from any possible disappointment or hurt in love. “The first misappropriates the title of Marivaux’s
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The main point of "In Praise Of Consumerism" by Llewellyn H. Rockwell‚ Jr. was that consumerism is very broad and relates to a lot of different features in everyone’s everyday life. When Rockwell says "consumerism is just another word for freedom in the marketplace." What Rockwell is saying is that any person in the world can buy anything they want because of the widespread variety and costs. Any person could be rich or poor and still have some sort of option even if you had to scavenge materials
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Fox. The poems "My Father’s Song‚" by Simon J. Ortiz‚ and "My Papa’s Waltz‚" by Theodore Roethke‚ are two similar poems written about a father and child relationship. The two poems are spoken from the child’s point of view during a memorable event. As well as their similarities‚ these two poems have their differences. Although both poems concern the relationship between a father and his son‚ they differ on tone‚ imagery‚ and figurative language. In "My Father’s Song‚" the main tone is nostalgia
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Comparison of Tang and Song Poems In The Attitudes Towards Others As history moves from Tang to Song‚ the Chinese view about “others” undergoes great changes. This was reflected in the poems describing warfare at that time. The literature of both Tang and Song dynasties has signs of racial chauvinism. However‚ the Tang poets also expressed ambivalence about fighting the other and questioned the righteousness of war‚ while this ambiguity is hardly found in Song literature. The Tang was a
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In the article “The Perils and Promises of Praise‚” Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck hypothesizes that praise for student’s endeavors encourages them‚ whereas‚ praising students for intelligence obscures the skills they can improve. Dweck insists that educators adjust the way they praise their student for the sake of present and future generation. Through research‚ Dweck came to the conclusion that different kinds of praise can affect how a student perceives themselves and how they do academically
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The “Song of Deborah” is one of the most famous songs in Jewish history. The song‚ sung by two of the heros of the story‚ Deborah and her husband Barak‚ begins by praising Hashem. It states Hashem’s name “Adoni” five times in the first four lines of the song‚ mentioning some cherry picked miracles he had performed. For instance it mentions the earth quaking and the heavens opening up. After the introductory praise of Hashem‚ the state of the Jewish people is examined. It says that deliverance had
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Can a woman be true to one man? Is a pure and virtuous woman anywhere on the ends of the earth? John Donne‚ a poet of the Renaissance and a contemporary of Shakespeare’s ponders this dilemma in the poem "Song" or "Go and Catcha Falling Star". Structurally Donne is unique in the structure of the poem. The poem has a rhythm and a rhyme scheme a‚b‚a‚b‚c‚c‚d‚d‚d. With lines 7-8 Donne has two word lines which add impact to those words "And find/What wind"‚ "And swear/no where"‚ and "Yet she/Will be"
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