Suicide Awareness Did you know that every 40 seconds someone in the world just committed suicide? Have you ever lost someone close to you that committed suicide? I have‚ and it was the hardest thing to believe and that you know them so well you wouldn’t even believe to think that they would do such a thing. The thought of the person you knew for a long time has finally vanished. The feeling of when someone just broke your heart. It was too emotional to express as if I am too shocked to say. The
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writing this paper because to defend Socrates‚ the man who did nothing wrong and was killed for doing the right thing and trying to save people from being trapped. The people were not allowed to speak what they thought was right‚ couldn’t argue‚ and must follow the law. Whoever shall read this should care because an innocent man was killed on the death penalty because he was trying to make the world a better place and that is horrible. I argue that’s Socrates was a virtuous person because he wasn’t
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gender do you belong? a) Male b) Female 6. What do you think is the main cause of suicide in teens? a) Peer pressure b) Parental stress c) Mental Illness d) Drug abuse 7. Which of the following do you believe to be a sign of a suicidal teen? a) Abnormal eating and sleeping patterns b) Saying goodbye to people as if they won’t be seen again c) Talking about suicide d) Having mood swings; changing from moments of extreme happiness to extreme depression
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When the Oracle of Delphi told Socrates that he was the wisest man he didn’t believe it. To him‚ there had to be some kind of mistake‚ surely there was many more wise people in Athens. To prove his belief‚ Socrates decided to go and search for someone who was indeed wiser than he. He went around the city confronting people of high status but there wasn’t a single person that was proving to be wiser. In fact‚ they were noticing that Socrates was indeed wise. He first went with a politician " who had
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The Myth of Er concerns the issue of what happens to us after death. What Socrates is trying to sum up‚ which he has been mentioning through out the entire book‚ is that we should all live a wise‚ strenuous‚ and philosophical way of life. Socrates’ tale is for people from all walks of life‚ he only wants us to pursue a just way of life. The way it correlates to politics is that he wants people that hold a high status is politics to make sure they are just in the decisions they make for their people
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The Trial and Death Of Socrates Socrates was charged and had many accusations against him by three men. Meletus whom was the principle accuser‚ Anytus the power behind the prosectution‚ and Lycon the third accuser. During the first three hours of trial‚ Meletus and the other two accusers each mounted a small stage in the law court in the center of Athens to deliver speeches to the jury making the case for the guilt of Socrates. Meletus‚ the youngest of the three accusers made two related
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Socrates the great philosopher once stated‚ ‘… the unexamined life is not worth living …’. This statement echoed through the centuries to influence and inspire generations upon generations of human beings. In Plato’s Apology (Biffle & Plato‚ 2001)‚ Socrates explains what he believed was the best practice for the “greatest good” of human beings‚ examination and understanding. Socrates urged for the examination of life‚ culture‚ tradition and moral. Socrates also insisted that “I am a citizen of the
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do criminal acts. Criminals have different background that mold them into criminal behavior weather it is DNA related‚ environment‚ or the ways of society. There are various reasons why criminal choose to do criminal acts. One reason why people commit crime is because they want to. This can be classified as an individual making a poor choice in life. It also can be the result of the environment he or she surrounds their self with. The old saying is ‘‘You are who you hang around’’. Which is very
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CHAPTER 2 Causes of Suicide among Teenagers According to the book “Filipino Children under Stress” written by author Maria Lourdes Arellano-Carandang‚ teenage suicides are often caused by mental problems‚ substance abuse‚ family history of suicide‚ and other stressors such as bullying and financial dilemma. As Dr. Philip Chua from a blog site of Noemi Lardizabal-Dado would say: “People usually attempt suicide to block unbearable emotional pain‚ which is caused by a wide
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and Death of Socrates takes place during a time in Socrates life where he becomes most reflective. During these final moments of Socrates life a theme arises‚ that of the unexamined life. Socrates claims that “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Apology 38a). Profound as the statement may seem it creates many questions; what is the unexamined life? And why is the idea of an examined life so dear to Socrates? It ’s clear throughout the dialogues of The Trial and Death of Socrates has a sort of
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